Creating Poetry with an Environmental Theme
Originally appears in the Winter 2010-2011 issue
An 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 interaction with the real world. However, some students are reluctant to put to paper their poetic feelings about contact 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.
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