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They write on a daily basis and learn the making of sonnets, sestinas, limericks and other poem forms. At the same time the students learn of various poets. Poets from Langston Hughes to Shel Silverstein. Children need approval. They need to know what they are doing is acceptable. By giving a tea to perform their work they receive approval from parents, and school personnel as well as from their peers. The poems are then photocopied and bound into a book which each child will receive at the end of the year.
(Recommended for English, Reading, Language, and Writing classes, grades K-12)
Poetry General Literature Writing Instruction