There's an Alligator in My Pocket

Readers will read and understand that poetry does not have paragraphs. Poetry expresses feelings in a unique and creative way. Students will be able to realize that every poem has lines. They will understand the number of lines in a poem, as well as stanza, which represents a group of lines in a poem. After reading the poetry book “There’s an Alligator in My Pocket”, students will realize that every line in a poem begins with a capital letter. They will also comprehend that words that rhyme...