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Write a poem about what we love in this world alongside teaching artist Shelby Handler. This tutorial includes warm-up questions, inspiration from poet Roque Dalton, and free writing prompts to guide you. As mentioned in the video, here is a link to Roque Dalton's poem being read in Spanish and a link to the text of that same poem in Spanish. And here's a link to the starting lines in Spanish. This lesson is great for learners of all ages, particularly youth grades 3-8.

The Creative Advantage Online Arts video series is created by The Creative Advantage in collaboration with teaching artists and organizations on our Community Arts Partner Roster, Seattle Public Schools, and production partners NFFTY / The Talented Youth, NW Film Forum, and Reel Grrls Pro. The Creative Advantage is a city-wide initiative to establish equitable access to arts education for each and every public school student, made possible through a public-private partnership with Seattle Public Schools, the City of Seattle Office of Arts & Culture, the Seattle Foundation, and 100+ community arts partners and teaching artists.