Cross-Curricular Connections

Poetry and music share many features, like rhythm and rhyme. Poetry sometimes influences musicians when they write their lyrics; and, sometimes, poets are influenced by the music they like. Click on the link below to read blues-influenced poems written by students like you.
http://www.smithsonianeducation.org/educators/lesson_plans/music_in_poetry/middleschool.html

In “My Father Is a Simple Man,” the poet talks about arguing with his father over the price of pomegranates. Click on the link below to learn more about this interesting fruit.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6411097