This Is Just to Say: Poems of Apology and Forgiveness
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BIBLIOGRAPHY Sidman, J. (2007). This is just to say : poems of apology and forgiveness. Illus. by Pamela Zagarenski. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co. ISBN 9780618616800 PLOT SUMMARY In this unique poetry book, Joyce Sidman writes about a sixth grade teacher, Mrs. Merz, and how she decides to have her students write apology poems and in turn, have their responders write a poem back in response to those apologies. This book is divided into parts, first part are the apology poems and second part are the responses in forgiveness poems. CRITICAL ANALYSIS Joyce Sidman writes about a sixth grade teacher, Mrs. Merz, and how she has her students write poems of apologies and gets the respondents to write a poem back to them. Mrs. Merz collects all of her students' apology poems and forgiveness poems and cleverly places them together in the poetry book. This unique book is cleverly written with a lot of honest clarity. This book will surely make you laugh and cry. Pamela Zagarenski’s illust