With the help of your partner, try to rewrite some lines in the poem, or add new ones of your own as in the following examples.

Trees are for birds to build nests in.


Trees are for people to sit under.


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Now try to compose a similar poem about water, or air.

Trees are for birds to build nests in.


Trees are for people to sit under.


Trees are for holding soil together


Trees are for bringing rain clouds


Now the similar poem is


Water is to drink


Water is to clean


Water is for fishes to swim


Water is to make paper boats float.


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