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Take A Bite Out Of Rhyme
A Poetry Unit
- Grades 3 - 5
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Product Code 062-8AP ( MR #000928 )
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Price $11.95
Take a Bite Out of Rhyme is a language arts activity book designed to expose learners to a variety of poetic devices and forms. A food theme prevails throughout as a tempting tool for promoting literary fun, fostering an interest in poetry, providing a sensory subject to write about, and sharing of common experience.
When using Take a Bite Out of Rhyme, read the poetry examples aloud to your students. Have them observe both visual and auditory patterns that occur. Discuss the student activities that follow each example so that the purpose of each is clear. I find it more conducive to creative thinking processes. If students do not have to worry about spelling errors. I encourage mine to spell phonetically and channel their energies toward the creation of ideas and the application of the various poetic forms. As a follow-up to each activity, I always allow ample time for my students to share and discuss their poetry.
Upon completion of Take a Bite Out of Rhyme, students can rewrite their poems, correcting any errors in spelling, and compile them into illustrated poetry books. Shape books lend themselves nicely to the food theme. My students enjoy holding authors’ teas. We arrange to use the school library and then design and send invitations to parents, telling them of the day, place, and time. During the reception, parents are greeted at the door by some of the students. Other students are stationed around the room to give information about the project or to serve refreshments. The poetry books are displayed on library tables and an “About the Author” card, which includes a wallet sized photo of the child, is placed with each student’s book.
Upon completion of Take a Bite Out of Rhyme, students can rewrite their poems, correcting any errors in spelling, and compile them into illustrated poetry books. Shape books lend themselves nicely to the food theme. My students enjoy holding authors’ teas. We arrange to use the school library and then design and send invitations to parents, telling them of the day, place, and time. During the reception, parents are greeted at the door by some of the students. Other students are stationed around the room to give information about the project or to serve refreshments. The poetry books are displayed on library tables and an “About the Author” card, which includes a wallet sized photo of the child, is placed with each student’s book.
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