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Broccoli banana buster

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Some of these have a pattern like abbb it has or it is alliteration like ggg.

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The chickens were everywhere!

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Sitting in the corner

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running, hopping

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clucking in my ear

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Peanut Pumpkin Bubble Gum

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Peach Pimento Pizza Plum

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Broccoli Banana Bubble Gum

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What is Mr. Prelutsky's objective when writing poetry?

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Watch this video of the poem.

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Bleezer's Ice Cream by Jack Prelutsky - An animation

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Mrs. Wickham/ Last Night I Dreamed of Chickens

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Mrs. Wickham/ Last Night I Dreamed of Chickens

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Watch this video of the poem.

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Last Night I Dreamed of Chickens by Jack Prelutsky

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How to use New Media to interest youth in poetry - have them take pictures, create music and then make a video. I created this exemplar for my course on Language Arts and Literacy at the Middle Level. Big thanks to Clifford and Sorrel at Upinngil Farm: http://www.upinngil.com/

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Mrs. Wickham/ The Early Worm Got Out of Bed

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Mrs. Wickham/ The Early Worm Got Out of Bed

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Watch this video about the Early Worm

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The Early Worm Got out of Bed by Jack Prelutsky

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Mr. Prelutsky was originally from Brooklynn, NY.

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Mrs. Wickham/Step 1:  Louder Than a Clap of Thunder

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Mrs. Wickham/Step 1:  Louder Than a Clap of Thunder

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Read the poem by Jack Prelutsky.

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Read these ideas on how to write a funny poem.

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Mrs. Wickham/ Dramatic Reading of The Detested Radishark

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Mrs. Wickham/ Dramatic Reading of The Detested Radishark

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Listen carefully to the way the young girl recites the poem. She has an accent that is a little hard to understand, but she says the "big" words of the poem with great understanding. Memorizing poetry and reciting it can be fun.

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A Dramatic Reading of Jack Prelutsky's "The Detested Radishark"

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It's very unlikely that this video could be any more awesome. Enjoy it, and then come visit us at www.greenwillowblog.com!

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Read this article about Mr. Prelutsky

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1. What were your favorite words in this poem?

2. What did you like about it?

3. Name some alliterations you see in the poem. Alliterations

are words that begin with the same letter or the same

sound such as peanut pumpkin peach plum.

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1. When Jack Prelutsky wrote this poem, he combined the word radish with the word shark

to make a radishark.

What two unlike things could you combine to make something new?

2. What does this poem make you feel? Why?

3. Which words feel important?

4. Do you like the way the girl reads the poem?

How does the expression in her voice help us to understand the poem better?

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Directions:

Share your response to any of the poetry by clicking on the page

near the poem. Type in your name and your ideas about the poem.

Tell what did YOU liked or disliked about the poem and tell why.

Was there anything you didn't understand?

It's OK to say that you weren't quite sure what the poem meant.

What was your favorite word in the poem?

Try to answer most of the questions I posted.

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1. Name some of the verbs or action words that were included in the poem.

2. Where were the chickens in the dream?

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When you name an action by imitating the sound associated with it, this is known as onomatopoeia. An easier way of saying this is that onomatopoeias are sound words. One example of onomatopoeia would be to say, “The bees BUZZ angrily when their hive is disturbed.”

1. After you read the poem, list some onomatopoeias that are in the poem or ones that we could say for each sound in the poem.

2. Read the poem with expression and make your own sound effects! Examples: bloop, splash, sprinkle, squirt, drip, or drizzle.

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1. Share some exaggerations for a funny poem.

2. Remember that exaggerations that are too big to be believable are called hyperboles. Some examples of hyperboles are:

I'm so tired I could sleep for a year.

My backpack weighs a ton.

My dad snores louder than a freight train.

Give an example of a hyperbole.

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1. Have you ever heard that the early bird gets the worm?What does that mean? Do you think the early worm got the bird? How do you think Jack Prelutsky got the idea for this poem?

2. What can you generalize from this poem? Finish these sentences to answer the question:

"This poem makes me think that..."

This poem reminds me of the time that...

3. When you first wake up, do you ever feel silly or ornery?

4. When an author gives nonhuman qualities to an animal or a nonliving object, it is called personification. What human qualities or feelings did the author give the worm?

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Now that you've heard some of Jack Prelutsky's poetry,

do you get any feelings about what kind of person this poet is?

What kinds of poems does he seem to write? Funny? Serious? About

life experiences?

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Allosaurus
by Jack Prelutsky

Allosaurus liked to bite,
its teeth were sharp as sabers,
it frequently, with great delight,
made mincemeat of its neighbors.

Allosaurus liked to hunt,
and when it caught its quarry,
it tore it open, back and front,
and never said, “I’m sorry!”

Allosaurus liked to eat,
and using teeth and talons,
it stuffed itself with tons of meat,
and guzzled blood by gallons.

Allosaurus liked to munch,
and kept from growing thinner
by gnawing an enormous lunch,
then rushing off to dinner.

From Tyrannosaurus Was a Beast
[Sung to the tune of “Row, row, row your boat”]

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1. A simile is a comparison of two unlike things that uses the words

like or as. An example is: Her dog is as big as a horse.

Can you find an example of a simile in this poem?

What two things are being compared?

How are they alike?

2. A metaphor is a comparison of two unlike things in which we say

one thing is another. For example: Her dog is a horse.

Change Jack Prelutsky's simile into a metaphor.