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 * After Reading
 * Summarizing
 * Students summarize the poem using only words from the word cloud.
 * Hold an impromptu competition to see which student can use the fewest word cloud words to create the most succinct summary of the poem.
 * Make Connections to texts, self, and world
 * Students connect each word to the summary (i.e. explain its importance, relation to the main idea, describe if it refers to the speaker, problem, setting, etc.)
 * Students connect words to each other. Students can draw pictures, work verbally with a partner, or write how words are connected to each other.
 * Students write their thoughts about, reactions to, and questions about the poem. Allow students to share aloud.
 * Draw Conclusions/Make Inferences based on Vocabulary
 * Allow small groups to discuss why the poet choose these words to express her main idea.
 * Connotation and denotation of words - Students create their own list of 10 words from the word cloud on a T-chart. Students should write the strict dictionary definition of each word on the left side of their T-chart (denotation). On the right side of the T-chart, ask students to write the emotion or image brought to mind by the word choice.
 * Discuss the larger context that could have prompted the poet to write a poem like this. "What could have been going on in her life or the world around her?"