Poetry of Agriculture
Categories:
Art
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Easy Do-at-Home Activity
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Literacy
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Introduction to Agriculture
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Spanish
Description
Students will sharpen their observation, listening and vocabulary skills with this poetry writing exercise that
features items with an agriculture connection. For higher grades, have students create a haiku, acrositc, mirrored
refrain or cinquain poems.
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Instructions
INSTRUCTIONS
- Collect a group of agricultural items (nuts, leather, wool, potatoes, wheat, pumpkins or fruit).
- Place items at stations around the classroom. Assign a number to each item and place a bag next to it with several slips of paper. Write the corresponding number on the bag to match the station.
- Explain that agriculture has long inspired artists and writers.
- Read aloud some examples of poetry with agricultural themes.
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