Middle School Entry

Grades 6-8 Letter to a Contemporary of PWP: Students compose letters reflecting knowledge of a key actor/supporter in PWP’s life.
Required Content Elements: Students research a central actor or supporter in PWP’s community. Students reflect on the impact of this central actor or supporter and relay in a letter (2-page maximum) their reactions and responses.  Students include 2 weblinks that indicate the sources used to learn about PWP and her life (e.g., link to book cover, webarticle, video, etc).
Available Formats: Flipsnack or Google Slides

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To Learn More About Wheatley to Prepare Your Entry, Check Out These Resources!

Phillis Wheatley by Emily Smith

 This 32-page multimedia book for middle school readers and writers tells about the life of Phillis Wheatley Peters.  It has a social studies focus that features colored primary materials about slavery and the American Revolution.

Phillis Wheatley: Poet (Junior World Biographies) by Victoria Sherrow

​This 80-page book for younger middle school readers and writers tells about the life of Phillis Wheatley Peters.  It includes over fifteen black and white images that act as primary source material.  It especially highlights Wheatley Peters's life in the context  of the American Revolution.

Revolutionary Poet: A Story about Phillis Wheatley (A Creative Minds Biography) by Maryann Weidt

This 64-page book for younger middle school readers and writers tells about the life of Phillis Wheatley Peters.  It includes over eleven black-and-white, beautifully drawn illustrations. ​

For more information on these resources, as well as some additional, more challenging reads, check out DFW Writes Phillis Wheatley Peters!