A few weeks ago, I had the great honor of teaching the 4^th-grade Poetry unit. I was beyond excited! When I walked into each of our two 4^th grade classes, the students were less than thrilled about the idea of writing poetry. One class actually booed when asked how they felt about starting the unit. I enthusiastically explained my own emphatic love for written word and read a poem that I’d created just for them. I told them that the rap music they listen to is simply poetry with a beat. It was fun watching their little faces absorb that information.