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Other related sources that could be used to suppliment the lessons

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Barton, Emily Multimodal, Multigenre Text Complexity Circle

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Online Video

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Look It Up

In this video segment from Between the Lions, the song "Look It Up" illustrates how words and images can provide important information. It combines an upbeat tune with kid-friendly images to motivate children to use reference materials. "Here's the deal: If you want to get real, look it up!"

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In this video segment from Between the Lions, the song "Look It Up" illustrates how words and images can provide important information. It combines an upbeat tune with kid-friendly images to motivate children to use reference materials. "Here's the deal: If you want to get real, look it up!"

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"Who, What, Where, When, Why & How" Music Video (The Electric Company)
  

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"Who, What, Where, When, Why & How" Music Video (The Electric Company)
  

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Choice Text- Song

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Good Charlotte - "Who, What, Where, When, Why & How" Music Video (The Electric Company)

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World Book Article Jacques-Yves Cousteau

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Primarily, it's about their teachers comfort levels with poetry. We often teach to what we know, meaning that being adventurous and taking young poets into new realms is not part of the poetic landscape for many. This sells young poets and poetry itself short.

Last week I had the pleasure to again work with a group of young poets from Derrimut Primary School grade 5/6 in Melbourne's west. We have been exploring patterns and repetition in poetry. We have explored personification as a literary device to develop the writing of poetry. We delved into the idea of writing through a mask to provide inanimate and animate entities with a voice. They told stories in words from their own perspective.

On this occasion we again went to the edges and began to explore poetry through themes. We discussed a range of possible themes that could be explored through poetry such as greed, anger, family, love and loss, before settling on the theme of curiosity and wonder.

Using a range of resources such as photographs, proverbs, quotes and thoughts surrounding the theme of curiosity, I worked to establish within their minds a deeper sense of what it means to be curious. We then examined some samples of poetry dealing with this theme. I was trying to set them up to experience a positive time with poetry. Scaffolding and support coupled with high expectations. Our thinking floated on a sea of talk. There was energy in the room. Importantly, I sensed a growing belief a trust in themselves as writers and thinkers

Example of a poem dealing with curiosity.

Open up my mind,
Take a look inside.
Aren't you curious what you will find?
Every word I've said, every tear I've cried.
Out in the open,
For all the world to see.
Every thought that's passed through,
Everything I thought I may be.
It's all right here for you,
I just want you to see.

The students were then given a copy of 'Curiosity' by Justin Reamer and in pairs marked up the text, high-lighting lines and word fragments that appealed to the eye, the ear and the heart.

More talk ensued as student writers provided reasons for their choices. All this immersion and examination continued to deepen understanding of how other poets address themes in poetry.

I modeled how I chose to write about curiosity to demonstrate my commitment to being a partner in poetry. I invited feedback on my poem. They gave it freely. It was informing my teaching. It let me know if my lesson was on track.

Then it was the turn of these emerging poets. No hesitation. Every one launched into the task of writing. The words began to emerge. Gradually their poems took shape. Following the independent writing phase they shared their raw words with enthusiasm, keen to reveal their thinking. When we trust young learners to think, they frequently surprise us in the most revealing ways. Brave poets all. I share with you a sample of their writing around the theme of curiosity and wonder. Enjoy...

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Exploring Theme in Poetry With Emerging Writers

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Primarily, it's about their teachers comfort levels with poetry. We often teach to what we know, meaning that being adventurous and taking young poets into new realms is not part of the poetic landscape for many. This sells young poets and poetry itself short.

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Choice Text- Wordless Picture Book

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Manfish:  A Story of Jacques Cousteau  Written By:
Jennifer Berne and Eric Puybaret

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Manfish:  A Story of Jacques Cousteau  Written By:
Jennifer Berne and Eric Puybaret

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Once upon a time in France, a baby was born under the summer sun. His parents named him Jacques. As he grew, Jacques fell in love with the sea. He dreamed of breathing beneath the waves and swimming as gracefully as a fish. In fact, he longed to become a manfish.

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"The future belongs to the curious. The ones who are not afraid to try it, explore it, poke at it, question it, and turn it inside out."

-Manifesto, Skillshare, Jan 10, 2012