Read it like a poet first
Project a short poem and think out loud: "I notice every line starts with a capital. I count three stanzas." Kids label the parts with you before they ever write a word. Seeing the pieces named makes poems feel less mysterious.
Why it works: handing over the work step by step, from teacher to student, is one of the most widely used teaching frameworks (Pearson and Gallagher, 1983).
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