We kicked off National Hispanic Heritage Month at Pike County Middle School with the book Turning Pages: My Life Story by Sonia Sotomayor.  Here is a link to a YouTube video that I used, in conjunction with her book, to create an acrostic poem using her name:

SONIA SOTOMAYOR

Supreme Court Justice

Of stories – of poems, of comics, of law and mystery

New York’s Bronx her stomping ground

Influenced heavily through reading and books

Advocates for literacy

Security and comfort and adventure through books

Of science and science fiction in English and Spanish

Turning Pages: My Life Story is her picture book

Of her place in the world, books provided a sense

“My Life Story” built on hugs from Grandma and pages of books

A foundation of who she could become was told on pages

Yesterday’s journey through books forged today’s walk of life

Of love of diversity – of people, of genre, of language

Reading was her guiding light of her understanding of the world

                                                                           -Kim Johnson