In My Mother's House by Ann Nolan Clark. This is collection of poems written by Native American children. Students read or heard the poem from the book which corn and its growth through the seasons and harvest. This was compared to their own area and the fruit trees and vineyards that abound in the area, and they see daily. The task was to show the beauty and seasons of the area through describing the various stages of the fruit.
Students brainstorm descriptive words to describe the both the orchards and vineyards.
These were placed in a pocket chart and on the board. Younger students were encouraged to go through the springtime bloom. Photos of the orchards were used to motivate writing and illustrations, some students walked out into an orchard and gathered some fallen fruit as a prompt. Write rough drafts and then peer edit or edit with the teacher. Read together and encourage further expression of stanzas in poem.