Choose one of Taylor Mali's poems to use in this poetry lesson plan. You will discuss how the poem changes in perceived meaning when in written versus spoken form.
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A Poem Written on a Bridge
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Holiday Poems
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Quotations from Winter Poems
Read and discuss the following quotes with your students. Then, ask them to write their own winter poems.