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Creating Poetry with an Environmental Theme


by Bert Murphy


interaction with the real world. However, some students are reluctant to put to paper their poetic feelings about contact


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N OUTDOOR EXPERIENCE can be the impetus for a number of language arts activities. Poetry in its many forms can be used to express a personal


with nature. In many cases this is a result of apprehension about the reaction of peers to an initial attempt to write a poem or a lack of understanding of poetic form and meter. The following activity has been used successfully to


stimulate poetic thought from grades 4 – 6 without worry of peer evaluation.


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Illustration: Tom Goldsmith


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