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Start-Up Activity
Read aloud the poem "Words." Ask your students to read the poem again to themselves and write down their favorite line from the poem. Have your students share their responses and tell why they like the lines they chose. Then ask questions about the poem as a whole:
- How does the poem make you feel?
- Why does it make you feel that way?
- What does the poet think about words?
- What do you think about words?
Tell students that this chapter helps them corral their own favorite words and put them into a poem that "brights the sky so hard that no one can stop laughing."
Think About It
“Poems must be heard as well as seen.”
—Bill Brown and Malcolm Glass

Start-Up Activity
Read aloud the poem "Words." Ask your students to read the poem again to themselves and write down their favorite line from the poem. Have your students share their responses and tell why they like the lines they chose. Then ask questions about the poem as a whole:
- How does the poem make you feel?
- Why does it make you feel that way?
- What does the poet think about words?
- What do you think about words?
Tell students that this chapter helps them corral their own favorite words and put them into a poem that "brights the sky so hard that no one can stop laughing."
Think About It
“Poems must be heard as well as seen.”
—Bill Brown and Malcolm Glass