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I See and I Think (It's A Wonderful World) Lesson PlanI See and I Think (It's A Wonderful World) Lesson Plan
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I See and I Think (It's A Wonderful World)

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Students analyze song lyrics (by listening to the song) to pick-out descriptive vocabulary. They use this descriptive vocabulary to create a drawing of the images they "see" in the song. They compare their drawings to find similarities and write their own poetry using descriptive vocabulary.

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3rd - 11th
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English Language Arts
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