Mirror, Mirror

Singer, M. (2010). Mirror, Mirror. New York: Dutton.

A book of poems written from top to bottom and then bottom to top makes for a interesting read.  These are fairy tales written in poem form, then written again from the bottom to create a whole different meaning.  The illustrations go along with the poem in both forms.


Lesson Plan for Mirror, Mirror:

First read the book to the students.  Then discuss which fairy tales are included in the book and how the meaning was changed from one to the other. Choose a Shel Silverstein poem book or have a copy of different poems for each group. Pass out one poem to each group and let them write the reverse for it and illustrate their poems. Have them share and discuss the ease or difficulty of doing it.

(7)  Reading/Comprehension of Literary Text/Poetry. Students understand, make inferences and draw conclusions about the structure and elements of poetry and provide evidence from text to support their understanding. Students are expected to respond to rhythm and rhyme in poetry through identifying a regular beat and similarities in word sounds.