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Poetic
Grammar and Language Lesson
Preparation:
Select a few poems from
The Macaroon Moon that you feel the children may relate to, and
copy
them to the chalkboard.
Read a poem with your children, or have them read aloud independently.
There are many ways to use
the poem for grammatical study. Choose what fits best for your
students’ grade:
1. identify and discuss how
punctuation is used in the poem
2. underline parts of speech
nouns/verbs/adjective in each line of the poem
3. identify rhyming words
4. identify rhyme scheme
and have children write short poems of their own following the same pattern.
Recommended poems from The
Macaroon Moon to use for this lesson are:
"Rhyme Time" (especially
relevant)
“Sneakers”
“A Book”
“When the Chips are Down”
"Wind Race"
Also
read the following five lessons using the book The Macaroon Moon
to
make teaching poetry to K -- 3 elementary school children
easier
for teachers, parents and children.
General
tips for teaching poetry
Link prior
knowledge to the poetry in The Macaroon Moon
Use the poetry in The
Macaroon Moon as a tool
to teach reading
Reading
and discussing The Macaroon Moon:
Encourage literary criticism
from young children
Write
a poem about color using the poem "fog" in The Macaroon Moon.
"I
shot a poem into the air,
It
was reprinted everywhere"
---Franklin
Pierce Adams
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