![]() ![]() This person will know who the local published authors are. Contact the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators at SCBWI and find out who the regional advisor is for your area.Be clear on the difference between traditionally published and self-published authors. ![]() Most of these titles appear in the last stanza of “Dead Rapper Rap” so you may shorten the activity by reading the final stanza only. “Skandalouz,” “All Eyez on Me,” 2Pacalyptic or the album 2Pacalypse Now, “Keep Ya Head Up,” “I Wonder if Heaven Got a Ghetto,” “Only God Can Judge Me,” and “2 Die 4”). Then ask them to identify the 2Pac song titles or albums appearing in the lines of verse (i.e. ![]() Ask students to identify the name of the poet/poem that this poem was based upon (Poe and “The Raven”). Studying the format of Poe’s poem and looking up 2Pac titles was the research necessary for writing the spoof. For example, you may use the poem “Dead Rapper Rap” from page 320 of Carolee Dean’s verse novel, Forget Me Not (poster/poem download available on her website at This poem is a spoof on Poe’s “The Raven.” It describes the ghost of the rapper 2Pac appearing as a substitute teacher and several of his song titles appear in the poem. Ask students to identify information in the reading that required research. ![]()
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