Dear L. W. Lewis

     Once againI must say thank you for sharing your poetry with the students of our school.  You are a great introduction for the fourth and fifth grade poetry units.

     The humor, real life observations and "gross them out" language immediately grab students attention. It keeps them both mentally and verbally saying," I thought the same thing" and "I wondered about that too".

     Your comments about changing sentence structure when using rhyme in poetry was a simple but powerful writing tip for kids.  ("If you want to say, 'I ate an orange' it may be hard to find a word to rhyme with orange but if you change the line to say, 'An orange I ate', it would be easier to find a word to rhyme with ate.)  Would you consider doing a short writing activity with our boys and girls for your next visit?

     All of your books are already checked out and there is a long reserve list that will keep them circulating throughout the school year. You make loving poetry "cool" and writing it easy.  We can't wait until your next visit.

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Jennifer Smith-Wyatt

Media Specialist

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