Every-Day Edit: National Poetry Month

Build grammar skills using this article about Jack Prelutsky and his poems.

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April is national poetry month. Its a time when kids’ can enjoy the fun of vurse. Children’s poet Jack Prelutsky remembers how one of his teachers made him feel that poetry was like liver. “I was told that it was good for me, but I wasnt convinced, Prelutsky said. Years later, he wrote some lines of poetry to go with drawings he maid of imaginary animals. Those lines of poetry become the first of his entertaining poems for children.

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April is national poetry month. It's a time when kids can enjoy the fun of verse. Children's poet Jack Prelutsky remembers how one of his teachers made him feel that poetry was like liver. "I was told that it was good for me, but I wasn't convinced," Prelutsky said. Years later, he wrote some lines of poetry to go with drawings he made of imaginary animals. Those lines of poetry became the first of his entertaining poems for children.

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