Autumnal Equinox

INTRODUCTION
Using a globe, illustrate the meaning of the word equinox and tell why it was important to people in ancient times.

POEM
Recipe for Writing an Autumn Poem

By Georgia Heard

One teaspoon wild geese.
One tablespoon red kite.
One cup wind song.
One pint trembling leaves.
One quart darkening sky.
One gallon north wind.


BIBLIOGRAPHY
Heard, Georgia. ed. 2009. FALLING DOWN THE PAGE: A BOOK OF LIST POEMS. New York: Roaring Brook Press. ISBN 1596432209

EXTENSION
Bring in leaves from a variety of trees. Make leaf rubbings on light and dark papers using crayons in autumn colors. Let children add pictures of other ingredients of autumn.

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