INTRODUCTION
Bring in a shiny and sparkly wrapped gift and show it to the class. Ask volunteers how seeing the gift makes them feel. Write the students’ reactions to the gift on the board, and invite them to guess what is inside the box. Tell students that today they are going to hear a poem about a special kind of gift for the New Year.
POEM
GIFT
By Nikki Grimes
I turn my pockets inside out.
The only word left is GIFT.
I wrestle with the bow
rip away the tissue paper
and find a jeweled box.
Some of the contents spill.
New words for the New Year!
Each one glitters
like my name. Like yours.
Each year is a gift
waiting to be opened. Look!
This one has your name.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Grimes, Nikki. 2001. A POCKETFUL OF POEMS. Illustrated by Javaka Steptoe. New York: Clarion Books. ISBN 0395938686
EXTENSION
After listening to the poem, discuss what students think the “gift” in the poem is. Do the phrases “new words for the New Year” or “each year is a gift waiting to be opened” give them any ideas? Then tell students that today they are going to make their own poetry gifts to themselves for the New Year. Give each student a box (any box such as a shoe box will work). Have students write some of their favorite words (including their own names) on index cards with colorful pens, glitter, and stickers and place their word cards in their boxes. Then, students can wrap their gifts and open them whenever they need ideas for great words to use in their own poetry writing.
POEM
GIFT
By Nikki Grimes
I turn my pockets inside out.
The only word left is GIFT.
I wrestle with the bow
rip away the tissue paper
and find a jeweled box.
Some of the contents spill.
New words for the New Year!
Each one glitters
like my name. Like yours.
Each year is a gift
waiting to be opened. Look!
This one has your name.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Grimes, Nikki. 2001. A POCKETFUL OF POEMS. Illustrated by Javaka Steptoe. New York: Clarion Books. ISBN 0395938686
EXTENSION
After listening to the poem, discuss what students think the “gift” in the poem is. Do the phrases “new words for the New Year” or “each year is a gift waiting to be opened” give them any ideas? Then tell students that today they are going to make their own poetry gifts to themselves for the New Year. Give each student a box (any box such as a shoe box will work). Have students write some of their favorite words (including their own names) on index cards with colorful pens, glitter, and stickers and place their word cards in their boxes. Then, students can wrap their gifts and open them whenever they need ideas for great words to use in their own poetry writing.
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