Playing with Poems: Rules, Tools, and Games

CONTENTS OF CURRICULUM UNIT 14.02.08

  1. Unit Guide
  1. Overview
  2. Poetry and Navajo Cultural Identity
  3. Teaching on the Navajo Reservation
  4. Rationale
  5. Objectives
  6. Strategies
  7. Activities
  8. Appendices
  9. Bibliography
  10. Notes

Using Poetry Songs to Teach Fluency Using Literature about Navajo Culture in an ELL Classroom

Irene Jones

Published September 2014

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Bibliography

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Brechtel, Marcia. Bringing the whole together: an integrated, whole language approach for the multilingual classroom. San Diega, CA: Dominie Press, 1992. Print.

Clark, LaVerne Harrell. They sang for horses: the impact of the horse on Navajo and Apache folklore. Tucson, Ariz.: University of Arizona Press, 1966. Print.

"ELL Stage III: Grades 3⬠F5." Finalized English Language Proficiency (ELP) Standards. N.p., n.d. Web. 16 July 2014. <http://www.azed.gov/english-language-learners/files/2011/09/stage-iii-all.pdf>.

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Hollander, John. Rhyme's reason: a guide to English verse. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1981. Print.

ICTMN Staff. "Navajo Poet Sherwin Bitsui, Seer of 'Violent Beauty in the American Landscape'." Indian Country Today Media Network.com. N.p., 21 Apr. 2013. Web. 15 July 2014. <http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2013/04/21/navajo-poet-sherwin-bitsui-seer-violent-beauty-american-landscape-148937>.

ICTMN Staff. "Luci Tapahonso Named as Navajo Nation's First Poet Laureate." Indian Country Today Media Network.com. N.p., 30 Apr. 2013. Web. 15 July 2014. <http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2013/04/30/luci-tapahonso-named-navajo-nations-first-poet-laureate-149114>.

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Tapahonso, Luci. Blue horses rush in: poems and stories. Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 1997. Print.

Tapahonso, Luci, and Anthony Chee Emerson. Songs of Shiprock Fair. Walnut, CA: Kiva Pub., 1999. Print. Children's Book

Tapahonso, Luci. A radiant curve: poems and stories. Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 2008. Print.

Warren, Barbara. "Welcome to Adopt-A-Native-Elder." Welcome to Adopt-A-Native-Elder. N.p., n.d. Web. 15 July 2014. <http://www.anelder.org/>.

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