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CommonLit

Common Lit: "Home" by Gwendolyn Brooks

For Students 7th - 9th
In this short story by Gwendolyn Brooks, a family contemplates losing their house. A specific purpose for reading and vocabulary notes are provided. This site offers links to paired texts, questions and answers, an annotation tool, and...
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University at Buffalo

A Gwendolyn Brooks Page

For Students 9th - 10th
A rich resource for Brooks' poetry, this page offers links to some poems, a biography, a testament by Rita Dove, and a bibliography of Brooks' work.
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Academy of American Poets

Poets.org: "We Real Cool" by Gwendolyn Brooks

For Students 9th - 10th
Contains an audio recording and text of the poem "We Real Cool" by Gwendolyn Brooks provided by the Academy of American Poets.
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Shmoop University

Shmoop: The Bean Eaters

For Students 9th - 10th
This poetry collection, The Bean Eaters, is the title poem of one of Gwendolyn Brook's amazing poetry collections. Read about the poem and the interesting discsussion questions provided.
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University of Illinois

University of Illinois: Modern Poetry: Gwendolyn Brooks on We Real Cool

For Students 9th - 10th
This site offers an review of the poem WE REAL COOL, by seven different people.