"As in the Beginning"

After completing a pre-reading activity called, "What's In, What's Out," students were asked to make a prediction about the poem.

We then read the poem together, and students selected three words/phrases/lines that resonated with them, and they "GOSSIP"ed about these lines.  We discussed which lines stood out for us, and why.

We then began to analyze the poem as a class, and Ms. Barsky is sharing strategies for understanding poetry.