Writing Prompt
A Thanksgiving List
After students read Billie Jo's poem “Thanksgiving List,” ask them to write one of their own. Remind students that Billie Jo wrote in blank verse, but they might wish to choose another form for their own poem.
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Teaching With Out of the Dust
Get discussion questions, writing prompts, a booktalk, and more ideas for teaching with Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse.
