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A Garden of Verses: Poems About Class Gardens Lesson PlanA Garden of Verses: Poems About Class Gardens Lesson Plan
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Young scholars explore botany by participating in a language arts activity. In this garden poetry lesson, students read the classic poem "Mary, Mary Quite Contrary" and discuss the imagery and rhyming methods used. Young scholars examine their own school gardens and compose a plant poem using a legitimate poetry form.

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class garden, ecology lesson, gardening analysis, poetry activity, science
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Grade
3rd - 5th
Subjects
Science
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For Teacher Use
Duration
1 hr
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Project-Based Learning
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