Appendix B
| Poem | Mini Lesson Ideas |
| "Lies, All Lies" by William Cole | Compound words |
| "Gas" by C.K. Williams |
Interesting laws around the world
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| "American Flamingo" by Greg Pape | Adjectives, Parts of the body |
| "Van Gogh's Bed" by Jane Flanders | Adjectives |
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"Mother to Son" by Langston Hughes
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Homophones |
| "The Dream Keeper" by Langston Hughes | Plural nouns, homophones |
| "Magic Words" by an Anonymous Inuit Poet | Nouns, verbs, verb tense |
| "Halfway Down" by A.A. Milne | Contractions, location words |
| "Autumn Within" H.W. Longfellows | Rhyming words |
| "I'm Not a Baby Anymore" by G.B. Lipson | Rhyming words, quotation marks |
| "School Work" by Scott Ennis | Punctuation marks |
| "Langston Hughes" Merry-Go-Round | Asking questions, rhetorical questions |
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