John Agard
Teacher Resource File

Welcome to the Internet School Library Media Center John Agard page. Agard, a West Indian poet from Guyana, lives in England. For other children's authors, see Children's Book Authors and Illustrators. The ISLMC is a meta-site for librarians, teachers, parents and students. You can search this site, use an index or a sitemap. Be sure to visit your school or public library to find books by your favorite authors. 7/12/02


[Biography] [Lesson Plans] [Criticism] [Miscellaneous] [Bibliography]

Biography

John Agard
Biography from BBC
John Agard
Biography, bibliography, reviews,
webliography.
From Michael Eldridge's class
John Agard
Biographical sketch from Jubilee Books
John Agard on Poetry Places
Article by Agard from Poetry Review

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Lesson Plans

TeacherView: The Calypso Alphabet
Kindergarten; activities for lesson plan, including recipe for
West Indian Roti; by Iram Kahn
CanTeach. Calypso Alphbet
Brief book review; how to make West Indian Roti
SLN Geographical Poetry Page
From UK. Visit their poetry place,
"A million dreaming degrees beyond the equator"
inspired by Agard's poem
Poem. "Half-Caste"
Text, lesson plan from BBC
For further analysis of the poem, see "Half-Caste"
Windrush
Poem; a celebration of African Caribbean community; from BBC
Devon County Council. Poetry Appendices
Curriculum framework, plus recommended poets and poems

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Criticism

CanTeach. Review of The Calypso Alphabet

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Miscellaneous

Bugs. Jokes, Poems, Proverbs and Rhymes
Space down for e-text of "If I Could Only Take Home a Snowflake"
and "Ladybird, Ladybird" [Americans say "Ladybug"]; from Pest
Management Resource Centre
Library of Congress. Country Studies. The Caribbean Islands

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Bibliography

ISLMC Agard Bibliography
Reviews of John Agard's work
From the Official John Agard web site, Humboldt

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James Madison University
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