Happy National Poetry Month!
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Students - Last night I woke around 3:30am and wondered about what Lou's favorite book might be. I love Charlotte's Web, and perhaps this is why it came to mind for Lou. As I kept thinking I realized that she has a different reason to like this book. A spider and a pig are unlikely friends just as a girl and a wolf who ate her grandmother are unlikely friends. In books, we see ourselves and through books, we come to understand the world in different ways. If we love a certain book, it is good and right to read it again and again.
If you are wondering why the last two lines of this free verse poem are so short, it is because short lines cause a reader to slow down. White space in a poem does that, and there is a lot of white space at the ends of these two lines.
In case you were wondering, I did reread the description of Zuckerman's barn to find the exact words milk pails and grain sacks.
Thank you for joining me on this twentieth day of HELLO MY NAME IS...
To learn about more National Poetry Month projects and all kinds of April goodness, visit Jama's Alphabet Soup where Jama has generously gathered this coming month's Kidlitosphere poetry happenings. And if you are interested in learning about or writing from any of my previous 14 National Poetry Month projects, you can find them here. Happy National Poetry Month!
xo,
Amy
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