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Biography

Born in Columbus, Ohio, Jacqueline Woodson grew up in Greenville, South Carolina, and Brooklyn, New York and graduated from college with a B.A. in English. She now writes full-time and has recently received the Margaret A. Edwards Award for lifetime achievement in writing for young adults. Her other awards include a Newbery Honor, two Coretta Scott King awards, two National Book Award finalists, and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize.

In 2014, Woodson was named the young people's poet laureate by the Poetry Foundation.

Although she spends most of her time writing, Woodson also enjoys reading the works of emerging writers and encouraging young people to write, spending time with her friends and her family, and sewing. Jacqueline Woodson currently resides in Brooklyn, New York.

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A video interview with Jacqueline Woodson | Reading Rockets

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Jacqueline Woodson writes picture books (The Other Side) as well as books for middle graders (Locomotion) and young adults (Hush). She tackles tough issues head-on: race relations, foster care, and incarceration are just some of the issues that her characters confront.

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]A collage of Jacqueline Woodson book covers and quotes. You can click on the active link to view videos of interview with Jacqueline.

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By: Kyleigh Roberts and Angel Greer
-A video about the woman who started a revolution. Our interpretation of her bravery and connection to Jacqueline Woods.  See link below.
https://youtu.be/_6lyz949LOc

Entrance into a White School
Our free verse
-I sit in an empty classroom.
A blank exam sits in front of me.

One single piece of paper will
determine my future.

Will I be the change?
Will I be enough?
Is a white school in my future?

These are the questions that rattle in my brain.

My father is over my left shoulder.
His breath is hot and his anger radiates around me.

My mother is on my right side.
The smell of hunny suckle is strong.

She smiles.

She tells me
Ruby, you are the change.
Our future.

-We chose Ruby Bridges because she too was a young child who experienced segregation. Every day she struggled to understand why she was so different. Much like Jacqueline Woods she became an activist and wrote about her experiences.

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We used haiku's to describe Jacqueline's life at each location. The map is supposed  to show the many changes that took place throughout the book.

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Brown Girl Dreaming Activity, Brianna & Rachael

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This is a video we created that highlights key people in Woodson's life. Please see link below.

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1O7NQPY19jeZKhwZ0QSBoOZq_cuu90MAg

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Below are a list of links from various articles/videos of Jacqueline talking about her book and her influences:

https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2014/09/18/348992638/jacqueline-woodson-on-being-a-brown-girl-who-dreams

https://www.jacquelinewoodson.com/category/books-ive-written/middle-grade-young-adult-titles/ (first entry)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2YJPGea94E