Have fun teaching your students about poetry with questions, writing assignments, and drama activities that extend and enhance their enjoyment of the parodied poems in I Must Go Down to the Beach Again.
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I Must Go Down to the Beach Again
Author Karen Jo Shapiro has taken 23 classic poems and given them a twist in I Must Go Down to the Beach Again. Kid-friendly parodies of works by Blake, Shakespeare, Dickinson, Poe, and others will spark the imagination and tickle the funny bone of young and old alike. Back matter includes a list of original poets, dates of publication, and author notes.
