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Mad-Libbing Your Way Into Modern Poetry Lesson PlanMad-Libbing Your Way Into Modern Poetry Lesson Plan
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Mad-Libbing Your Way Into Modern Poetry

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Use a Mad-Libs like activity to create modern poetry! Writers will identify different words and their parts of speech and study "The Red Wheelbarrow" by Williams Carlos Williams. Then, use the sheets attached to craft your own poem! An extension opportunity suggests presenting an excerpt of a short story as a cloze activity. 

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mood, literary devices, literature, parts of speech

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william carlos williams, literature, mood, parts of speech, english language arts
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6th - 12th
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English Language Arts
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