I saw the viewpoints of some children who may not like poetry to begin with. For example, the boy in the book had the idea that only girls wrote poetry. All the Small Poems and Fourteen More. Lucky Nose, Brownies-Oops! History of a Name.

My full name is Amanda Sue Rasgsdale. I am Amanda, not Mandy.

What can I do but be totally honest? The unit is awesome. The authors absolutely took the time to create a masterpiece that will engage students in an unbelievable way. But as for me, when I read through it knowing right now I am the student, I will also have to say WOW! How will I have the time to do all that groovey stuff? History of a Name. What is in a name? Chapter 2 Notebook Know How.

Knights and the Middle Ages Multi-Text. I am despicably cruel and me crew is dreadfully mean. I wonder how people can be kind, those scallywags are too clean! I hear the cackle of pirates long lost or long dead. I pretend I have diamonds and jeweled rings of red and green.

I hope my future students can say the same thing about me one of these days. I LOVED the poetry books that we read for this class. The unique style of writing a novel entirely in free verse poetry in. Was This is Just to Say.

I really like the way the unit starts out. Pirate music playing in the background and pirate objects all around the room. The children would be hooked. I also think that the Pirate Notebook is a wonderful idea. By having a place to keep all Pirate Materials, students are more likely to keep up with stuff. I think that this is a well written unit and I hope that I will have the opportunity to use it at some point in my teaching career.

This would be a terrific book to introduce poetry within the classroom. Is going to be a great tool for me and I am looking forward to reading more.

I am not a person who likes poetry at all. But after reading these books that was assigned I can say that I do like SOME poetry now. I loved the book LOVE THAT DOG, it reminded me of myself at that age. Jack is a typical boy and it took new and exciting things for him to appreciate a fondness of poetry. What is a Name? January 27, 2009.