Before Reading
Make Preliminary Mind Pictures
Look at the art on pages 530 and 532. Create mind pictures based on these images. How would the fruit taste? What is its texture like? Where would you find a red wheelbarrow?
During Reading
Continue Making Mind Pictures
1. Read "This Is Just to Say" slowly and carefully. Create mind pictures as you read. How do you think the person the speaker is talking to would react?
2. Read "The Red Wheelbarrow" slowly and carefully. Make mind pictures as you read.
Fix-Up Idea: Read Aloud
Try reading these poems aloud with a few classmates. Each person should try reading the poem at different paces and in a different tone. Talk about which version seems to best fit the sense of the poem.
After Reading
Sketch and Summarize Mind Pictures
With a few of your classmates, discuss your mind pictures. How do these images make you feel?