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• Choose a natural artifact from a geographical region that is dear to you.
  
• Read some selections from Neruda like, "Monsoons," that emphasize Neruda's love for his geographical places.
  
• Model your own poem about your geographical region after Neruda's.
  Use your own natural artifact to remind your five senses of the place, or as a focus for your poem.
  
• Focus on Show, Not Tell in your poem by taking a one inch picture frame (from Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird) and viewing your region through it.
  What would a snapshot SHOW?
  Consider your five senses.
  Revel in the smells, sounds, feelings, tastes, and sights of your region.
  
• Read to response group.
  What questions do they have about your place? (from Barry Lane, After the End) Use those questions to further your poem.
  
• Re-vision. Edit.
  
• Publish. Post. Collect. Display with artifacts.
  Team up with a science class.
  Team up with a geography class.
  Create a cross-curricular exhibit of regions and artifacts.