Read the Prereading information on page 651. Then discuss your experiences with snow. Make a list of words that describe snow.
Read the poem, visualizing what the poet describes. Pay special attention to the verbs that describe the snow’s actions such as shushes, hushes, flitter-twitters, laughs and whirs. How do these words make you feel about snow?
If you are having difficulty visualizing images in the poem, find a partner and read the poem aloud. As you read, vary your reading rates, and ignore some of the punctuation. List words that describe the snow.
Summarize what the poem is about and discuss how the descriptive verbs help you understand the effect that the snow has on the speaker.