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Teaching Going Batty

Going Batty

Humorous poem about bats with scientific sidebar about their habits and threats.

Ruth Gilmore Ingulsrud
Cricket Media

ESSENTIAL QUESTION:

Why is the speaker of a poem important?
STANDARDS:

DEPTH OF KNOWLEDGE (DOK) LEVELS:

2,3
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