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Gold, Elizabeth – Teachers & Writers, 2000
Describes the author's experience teaching poetry to a fourth-grade class, and how an inspired moment from one student (improvising a poem about an imagined hairstyle of poet Federico Garcia Lorca) led the entire class on a journey of inspiration. Looks at the route to that place of "inspired rightness." (SR)
Descriptors: Creative Writing, Grade 4, Intermediate Grades, Poetry
Fry, Nan – Teachers and Writers Magazine, 1988
Illustrates how riddles can be used to teach poetry. Provides analysis of several riddles and resources for riddles. (MS)
Descriptors: Creative Writing, Elementary Education, Grade 4, Metaphors
