Notes for
If they began the KISS Approach in third or
fourth grade, by April of fifth grade, students should be able to identify
all the words in the S/V/C patterns in this poem. If they are working on
clauses, this poem should be a good exercise. Note that they may have questions
about "Lest." I do not remember any grammar book that lists "lest" among
subordinate conjunctions, but it clearly functions as one here. [Note that
I do not make a habit of reading grammar books, so it is possible that
some book somewhere expects students to remember "lest" among a list of
subordinate conjunctions.]
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