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- 3rd
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Students create visual poems using crayons, making a connection to an important aspect or event in their lives. Full Review »
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- 7th - 8th
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Students explore social practices and technological advancement of the 1920s and 1930s and relate this to modern life. They explore the events of Amelia Earhart's life and her poetry. They write their own poetry. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 12th
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Students write short poems, starting each line with "I am," describing in their own words who they are and what is salient to their identity. Full Review »
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- 10th
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Students become acquainted with Robert Frost's life in order to allow them to appreciate fully how his background influenced his poetry. They analyze specified poems in relation to theme, setting and the use of imagery. Full Review »
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- 4th - 6th
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Students interview each other to get to know one another better. They discuss hobbies, achievements, sports, and music. Then they each write a poem about their partner. Full Review »
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- Kindergarten - 2nd
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Students write a diamante poem after learning about penguins online. They cut and paste their writing into an e-mail. Full Review »
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- 11th - 12th
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Students use the Internet and other resource materials to find poems based on an aspect of nature of their choice. They must choose poems by different authors and compare the different viewpoints. Full Review »
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- 11th
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Students discuss their hobbies and leisure activities, comparing them with activities of people in Japan. Pupils create stories that compare and contrast the leisure time activities of people in the two cultures. They describe their feelings about specific activities. Full Review »
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- 5th - 12th
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Students write their own poem using the persona of someone or something else. This particular lesson focuses on the participants in the Iditarod race. Full Review »
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- 3rd
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Students create an acrostic poem as a class and then illustrate it individually. They also hold a Poetry Cafe Day, in which they sit in small groups to read various types of poetry, serve cookies and punch. Finally, students students create vocabulary word cards on different colored index cards, with each word on one side of the card and a student-generated illustration on the other side of the card. Full Review »

