In what ways do the sounds (alliteration, assonance, onomatopoeia, etc.) and structures (line breaks, stanzas, white space, etc.) of poetry convey the issues of identity and growing up that Woodson explores.
Consider with students why Woodson made the choice to write her memoir in verse to share the stories of her childhood. Most memoirs are written in prose while Brown Girl Dreaming is written in verse. Teaching Ideas / Invitations for Your Classroom Woodson’s story is an impacting and welcome addition to young adult literature inviting us all “perchance to dream.” Brown Girl Dreaming provides readers a text worthy of close reading and rereading in a study of memoir, poetry, or as a primary source for interdisciplinary studies on the civil rights era. As Woodson writes to make sense of her own life, we, in turn, find deeper meaning in our own. She thoughtfully writes about the complexity of the relationships that mattered to her most including the connections she had to her mother, grandparents, siblings, and friends. Born in 1963, Woodson writes about the joys and challenges of being raised first in the South and then in Brooklyn during the Civil Rights era.
Written in verse, Woodson’s memoir offers readers a compelling life story written with the sounds and structures of poetry to help us breathe in her words with greater attention and reflection. In Brown Girl Dreaming, acclaimed author Jacqueline Woodson eloquently shares the story of her childhood and the dreams that propelled her into a writer’s life. Beautifully rendered in Hudson Talbott's luminous art, this moving, lyrical account pays tribute to women whose strength and knowledge illuminate their daughters' lives.To refuel, rethink, and reconnect in life, we need only be reminded of the power of dreams. From slavery to freedom, through segregation, freedom marches and the fight for literacy, the tradition they called Show Way has been passed down by the women in Jacqueline Woodson's family as a way to remember the past and celebrate the possibilities of the future. And generations later, Soonie - who was born free - taught her own daughter how to sew beautiful quilts to be sold at market and how to read. When she grew up and had a little girl, she passed on this knowledge. She pieced together bright patches with names like North Star and Crossroads, patches with secret meanings made into quilts called Show Ways - maps for slaves to follow to freedom. Jacqueline Woodson is the 2018-2019 National Ambassador for Young People's Literature Winner of a Newbery Honor! Soonie's great-grandma was just seven years old when she was sold to a big plantation without her ma and pa, and with only some fabric and needles to call her own.
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