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86Costa Rica 5 Hidden Treasures Off The Tourist Trail
Don Lulo's horseback tour of the Nauyaca waterfalls has to be the best horseback tour in Costa Rica. The incredible Ballena Marina National Park has the best snorkeling on the Pacific Coast of Costa Rica.
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84Poetry Book Project for Elementary School Students with Rubric
Teaching elementary students poetry can be fun and rewarding. If you are trying to decide what types of poetry to teach and how to assess them, here are some ideas. There is even a rubric included.
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79A Maple's Tale: A Sappy, Sugary, Syrupy Diamante Poem
The diamante poem has a precise structure, in terms of parts of speech and of physical shape on the page. It includes exact descriptions in an incomplete, run-on sentence. Featured is a diamante about the sappy, syrupy sugar sweet maple.
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74Love Poems for Valentines Day
"How Do I Love Thee? Let Me Count the Ways..." Can you creatively express love in a Valentine's Day card? When Elizabeth Barrett Browning sat down to express her love to Robert Browning, she chose to write a...
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69Diamante Poems Made Easy
This Hubpages is the second in the poetic form called diamante form that does not necessarily rhyme, but instead is based upon particular forms of grammar and flows to describe opposites. Using nouns, adjectives, gerunds the poet constructs seven lines.
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73Fashionable Diamante Bra Straps As Shoulder Enhancements
It’s a popular trend for a woman's bra strap to be exposed and gone are the days when bra straps, part of a woman's intimate wear; were hidden and neatly tucked away under outer clothing.
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73Finding Life: A Diamante Poem about Loss
The following poem is a diamante. What makes a diamante unique is its structure. Although there is no rhyming scheme in a diamante, there is a very precise structure that allows the poem to show contrast between two ideas. My poem below is about Death and Life, two oppositional nouns that are linked by the other lines in the poem.
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70Books on Spain -- Before your Travels
When you first look into the country of Spain to visit or to Live as an Expat your first response is the Medias glamorization of it. The woman, Sun, and historical tribulations are seen as the true Spain. I would suggest a possible different approach to learning about this wonderful country. This is a side of Spain that is never seen and often hushed about in corners. There are some books I have come across that are wonderful to read and also provide a glimpse into the less spoken side of Spain.
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76Cruising the Antarctica Penninsula - An Update
I told my wife that I would like to take her to the ends of the earth and that is where we went - Antarctica! There are two main ways of cruising to Antarctica, one is on the smaller cruise ships (or research ships) which hold up to a maximum of...
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77The Mystery of the Man in the Diamante Panties
It had been several months since I saw my friend, the Abbess of Scottsbury, due to a falling out over the heritage of a china bone tea set in her possession. The lady insisted it hailed from the orient and...
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