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Context clues lessons can be a disaster. Here, we expose students to a delightful classic packed with nonsense words (“Jabberwocky”) and ask them to decipher the meanings and parts of speech. Then, it’s only natural for students to write their own nonsense poems.
Pi can go beyond circles! What if you wrote using the digits of pi as your guide?
What if we rewrote a piece of writing without using certain letters?
Can your students come up with a one-syllable word to sum up their time away from school? And then rewrite The Beatles’ song Help!?
Let’s help William Shakespeare with his use of repetition.
