"Nikki-Rosa"

In her poem, Nikki Giovanni catalogs the experiences of a happy child that might not be included in a biography.

Here are all the word lists to support the reading of Grade 9 Unit 4's texts from SpringBoard's Common Core ELA series: Poetry, poemcrazy, Nikki-Rosa, We Real Cool, Fast Break, Identity, Ego Tripping, Hanging Fire, odes, Sonnet 18, In Response to Executive Order 9066, Young, Poetry Cafe, poems by Nikki Giovanni
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  1. remembrance
    the ability to recall past occurrences
    childhood remembrances are always a drag
    if you're Black
  2. famous
    widely known and esteemed
    and if you become famous or something
    they never talk about how happy you were to have
    your mother
    all to yourself
  3. barbecue
    cook outdoors on a grill
    how good the water felt when you got your bath
    from one of those
    big tubs that folk in Chicago barbecue in
  4. attend
    be present
    it never gets across how much you
    understood their feelings
    as the whole family attended meetings about Hollydale
  5. biographer
    someone who writes an account of a person's life
    and even though you remember
    your biographers never understand
  6. stock
    a certificate documenting a shareholder's ownership
    your father's pain as he sells his stock
  7. poverty
    the state of having little or no money and possessions
    and though you're poor it isn't poverty that
    concerns you
  8. difference
    a significant change
    and though they fight a lot
    it isn't your father's drinking that makes any difference
  9. cause
    a justification for something existing or happening
    and I really hope no white person ever has cause
    to write about me
  10. wealth
    the state of being rich and affluent
    because they never understand
    Black love is Black wealth
Created on Wed Sep 24 16:18:15 EDT 2014 (updated Fri Sep 26 16:44:21 EDT 2014)

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