I present the famous American poem, We Real Cool along with various images. This is a good opportunity to get the whole class literally shouting out this poem with gusto. Show a slide, yell, "We real coollllllll..." then motion for the glass to yell it...then..."We skip schoolllllllll...." until the shocking last line of the poem. There is also an extra jazz poem included by Langston Hughes. If you can do this with other poems, I think that would be cool.

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We real cool... by Gwendolyn Brooks

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Let's do English ESL general speaking practice. I present the famous American poem, We Real Cool along with various images. This is a good opportunity to get th…