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nHappy Birthday, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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n John Steinbeck!
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nA great day for American authors!
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Separated by about a century, today marks the anniversary of Longfellow’s 1807 birth and Steinbeck’s 1902 birth.
Separated by about a century, today marks the anniversary of Longfellow’s 1807 birth and Steinbeck’s 1902 birth.n
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nCan you pick out which of these fits Longfellow and which fits Steinbeck?
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nAuthor of Grapes of Wrath
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nWrote The Song of Hiawatha
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nAuthor of Paul Revere’s Ride
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nWrote Of Mice and Men
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nWon the Nobel Prize for Literature
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nWas born in Portland, Maine
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nTranslated Dante’s Divine Comedy
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nWrote long poems
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nWrote brilliant novels
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nWas born in Salinas, California
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nWon a Pulitzer Prize
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nWas a professor at Harvard
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nANSWERS: 1.Steinbeck – 2.Longfellow – 3.Longfellow – 4.Steinbeck – 5.Steinbeck – 6.Longfellow – 7.Longfellow – 8.Longfellow – 9.Steinbeck – 10.Steinbeck – 11.Steinbeck – 12. Longfellow
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- Listen to this short poem by Longfellow, “The Children’s Hour.”
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- One reason some people like Longfellow’s poems is because they are like songs. Check out this video: someone is actually singing an excerpt of his poem “The Song of Hiawatha.”
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- Read a short story by Steinbeck, or even one of his novels. Several of his books, including Cannery Row and East of Eden, have become movies (both rated PG).
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