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Water is Life, Water is Poetry Seminar

Lesson Description:
Students will engage in a poetry seminar about water that includes:
  • 3.1 supporting materials: water is life, water is poetry seminar instructions
  • 3.2 supporting materials: water-inspired poem selections

Lesson Type:
  • Other

Sustainability Topic:
  • Water

GEF Program Category:
  • Sustainable Water Challenge

Time Needed:
Varies
Standards Addressed:
English/Language Arts Standards:
  • NL-ENG.K-12.4: 
    • Communication Skills - Students adjust their use of spoken, written, and visual language to communicate effectively with a variety of audiences and for different purposes.
  • NL-ENG.K-12.5: 
    • Communication Strategies - Students employ a wide range of strategies as they write and use different writing process elements appropriately to communicate with different audiences for a variety of purposes.
  • NL-ENG.K-12.6: 
    • Applying knowledge - Students apply knowledge of language structure, language conventions, media techniques, figurative language, and genre to create, critique, and discuss print and nonprint texts.
  • NL-ENG.K-12.12: 
    • Applyinglanguage skills - Students use spoken, written, and visual language to accomplish their own purposes (e.g., for learning, enjoyment, persuasion, and the exchange of information).

School or Group:
Water.org
Contact Email:
service@greeneducationfoundation.org
Located in: Language Arts

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