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Making Friends with a Poem

You make friends with a poem the same way that you make friends with a person. You listen to the poem and notice interesting things about it. You have a few laughs together. Try these four simple strategies:

🟪 Read the poem quietly to yourself.
🟪 Read it out loud. (Pay attention to sounds.)
🟪 Share the poem with a friend. (Talk about it.)
🟪 Write about the poem.

Use these strategies to make friends with the following poem, written by a student like you!

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Making Friends with a Poem

🟪 Read the poem quietly to yourself. 🟪 Read it out loud. (Pay attention to sounds.) 🟪 Share the poem with a friend. (Talk about it.) 🟪 Write about the poem.

🟪 Read the poem quietly to yourself.
🟪 Read it out loud. (Pay attention to sounds.)
🟪 Share the poem with a friend. (Talk about it.)
🟪 Write about the poem.