Nancy Willard reads aloud from her Newbery Award-winning book, A Visit to William Blake's Inn: Poems for Innocent and Experienced Travelers and talks about the pleasures of writing poetry. -18 mins

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Topics for classroom discussion and assignments:

• Make a character out of something you found in your home. Give it a name and a personality. Write an essay about your “character” — or write a poem about it. 

• Begin a class newspaper, including topics that are important to your class and school.

• Discuss the differences between a newspaper and oral history. Which is more accurate? Which will last longer? Which is more interesting?