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Activity 6
                                                                                   • The purpose of this activity is
                                                                                     to fully engage your students
                                                                                     in the reading of poems and
                                                                                     to activate other types of
                                                                                     knowledge, besides their
                                                                                     emotions, as preparation for
                                                                                     the upcoming activities.
                                                                                   • Before this activity, ask your
                                                                                     students if they know any
                                                                                     poems beyond those that they
                                                                                     have read in this practice and
                                                                                     ask them to share them.
                                                                                   • Bring some magazines to
                                                                                     class for students to use
                                                                                     for the collage. Remember
                                                                                     that appropriate images
                                                                                     should be chosen. Help
                                                                                     your students avoid images
                                                                                     that might be controversial,
                                                                                     insensitive or plainly offensive.
                                                                                     If they can use the Internet
                                                                                     to download the images,
                                                                                     help your students use the
                                                                                     filters provided in the image
                                                                                     repositories and encourage
                                                                                     them to use free-use images.

                                                                                   • If possible, play a video or
                                                                                     an audio of a poetry reading
                                                                                     when they finish the collage.




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              -  pain (n.): dolor (doler, apenar)                                                                    T
              -  heal (v.): sanar (también: curar)

              -  fear (n.): miedo (tener miedo, temer, temor)
              -  linger (v.): entretenerse (permanecer, quedarse)                                                   racks 13, 14 and 15

              Activity 7
              • Emile Pinet is a contemporary Canadian poet. His poetry is centered on nature and poetic observations of
               life in general.
              • Shel Silverstein was an American poet, who died in 1999. He specialized in writing poetry for children.














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