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What Did You Do at School Today? By: James Carter

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What Did You Do at School Today? By: James Carter

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What Did You Do at School Today?

Nothing.

Well, nothing much.
You did nothing much all day long?
Well . . . alright Mum, if you really want to know,
I had 4 lessons
and 45 minutes of playtime
in which I went around with 3 friends.
For lunch I had 22 baked beans,
2 1/2 fishfingers, a 1/4 of a bread roll
and 1 banana.
I fed Nibbles, the class hamster,
2 sunflower seeds.
I wrote 1 poem.
I got 7/10 for a spelling test.
I did 16 fairly tricky maths questions.
And...I learnt 5 very interesting things
about the Ancient Egyptians, including
how they used to remove the brains
of their dead with a hook - MUM...
DO YOU EVER LISTEN TO A WORD I SAY?
Oh sorry darling, what was that?
I said I removed my teacher's brain today!
What? Oh well done, you! What would you like for tea?

Copyright: from Journey To The Centre Of My Brain! (Macmillan, 2012), © James Carter 2012, used by permission of the author and the publisher

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Nothing. Well, nothing much. You did nothing much all day long? Well . . . alright Mum, if you really want to know, I had 4 lessons and 45 minutes of playtime in which I went around with 3 friends. For lunch I had 22 baked beans, 2 1/2 fishfingers, a 1/4 of a bread roll and 1 banana.

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In the poem "I Made a Meme This Morning", I notice that some of the words rhyme. Not all the words, only some. Example "higher and retire".

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I think the poem, "I Made a Meme This Morning", expresses the feeling of being proud.

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How to Turn Your Teacher Purple! By: James Carter

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How to Turn Your Teacher Purple! By: James Carter

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How to Turn Your Teacher Purple!

Heebie Geebie, Hurple Burple
Time to turn my teacher...PURPLE!

Simply chant this magic spell
soon your teacher looks unwell:
purple cheeks and purple nose
purpleness from head to toes

Feed her beetroot every hour
see her fill with purple power
bloomin' like a purple flower
how she'll scream
when in the shower!!!

Copyright: from How to Turn Your Teacher Purple and Other Sizzling Science Poems (A&C Black, 2011), © James Carter 2011, used by permission of the author

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In the poem, "I Made a Meme This Morning", I notice that there are many groups of four lines.

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I Made a Meme This Morning By: Kenn Nesbitt

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I Made a Meme This Morning By: Kenn Nesbitt

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I made a meme a cultural item in the form of an image, video, phrase, etc., that is spread via the internet and often altered in a creative or humorous way. this morning.
I posted it online.
(I asked my mom's permission.
She said that it was fine.)

Then people started sharing it.
The next thing that I knew,
my meme had spread around the world.
It grew, and grew, and grew!

By lunch my meme went viral becoming very popular by circulating quickly from person to person, especially through the internet. .
It had a billion views.
By dinnertime the TV had it
on the evening news.

I earned a penny, maybe two,
from every single share,
and, by the time I went to bed,
I was a millionaire.

I thought of making one more meme
that might go even higher.
But, nah, I'm nearly nine years old.
I think I'll just retire.

- Kenn Nesbitt

Reading Level: Grade 2

Topics: Science and Technology Poems

Poetic Techniques: Alliteration, Hyperbole, Narrative Poems

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From the Book My Dog Likes to Disco

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Cat-Rap

Lying on the sofa
all curled and meek
but in my furry-fuzzy head
there's a rapping beat.
Gonna rap while I'm napping
and looking sweet
gonna rap while I'm padding
on the balls of my feet

Gonna rap on my head
gonna rap on my tail
gonna rap on my
you know where.
So wave your paws in the air
like you just don't care
with nine lives to spare
gimme five right here.

Well, they say that we cats
are killed by curiosity,
but does this moggie mind?
No, I've got suavity.
When I get to heaven
gonna rap with Macacity,
gonna find his hidden paw
and clear up that mystery.

Nap it up
scratch it up
the knack is free
fur it up
purr it up
yes that's me.

The meanest cat-rapper you'll ever see.
Number one of the street-sound galaxy.

Copyright: from Everybody Got a Gift (A&C Black, 2006), © Grace Nichols 2006, used by permission of the author c/o Curtis Brown literary agency.

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Our Teacher Likes Minecraft By: Kenn Nesbitt

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Our Teacher Likes Minecraft By: Kenn Nesbitt

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Our teacher likes Minecraft.
She plays it all day.
She tells us to study
so she can go play.

She'll dig in her mine,
going deeper and deeper,
then fight off a skeleton,
zombie, or creeper.

She'll engineer buildings
from dirt, wood, and stone,
then go out exploring
the landscape alone.

She'll build and collect and
she'll run, jump, and swing.
There's only one problem...
we don't learn a thing.

- Kenn Nesbitt

Reading Level: Grade 3

Topics: Game, School Poems, Science and Technology Poems

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From the Book My Cat Knows Karate

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Our teacher likes Minecraft. She plays it all day. She tells us to study so she can go play. She'll dig in her mine, going deeper and deeper, then fight off a skeleton, zombie, or creeper. She'll engineer buildings from dirt, wood, and stone, then go out exploring the landscape alone.

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My little brother took my Switch
to stream a game or two on Twitch.
But, when he tried to turn it on,
my Switch would not play Pokémon.

My Switch would not play Mario,
or Donkey Kong, or Yu-Gi-Oh!,
or Minecraft, or Monopoly,
or Captain Toad, or Pikmin 3,
Jurassic Park, or Kingdom Hearts,
or any game with racing karts,
or Shovel Knight, or Dragon Ball,
or, really, any game at all.

He gave it back and said, "It's broke."
I had to giggle at my joke.
I switched my Switch and played a trick.
I'd given him my painted brick.

- Kenn Nesbitt

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My little brother took my Switch to stream a game or two on Twitch. But, when he tried to turn it on, my Switch would not play Pokémon. My Switch would not play Mario, or Donkey Kong, or Yu-Gi-Oh!, or Minecraft, or Monopoly, or Captain Toad, or Pikmin 3, Jurassic Park, or Kingdom Hearts, or any game with racing karts, or Shovel Knight, or Dragon Ball, or, really, any game at all.

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When I am in your home, I am back to Laos after a lifetime. I am in a place beyond words: Where the steam of the kitchen The smell of warm coffee The sound of a television The taste of a meal made with kindness All feel like an America where our dreams come true, Our memories return And everything lost is found once more Waiting with a smile, a sabaidee.

Copyright © Bryan Thao Worra | Year Posted 2015

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When I am in your home, I am back to Laos after a lifetime. I am in a place beyond words: Where the steam of the kitchen The smell of warm coffee The sound of a television The taste of a meal made with kindness All feel like an America where our dreams come true, Our memories return And everything lost is found once more Waiting with a smile, a sabaidee.

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My Cat Knows Karate

From the book My Cat Knows Karate

- Kenn Nesbitt

Copyright © 2018. All Rights Reserved.

Reading Level: Grade 3

Topics: Animal Poems, Sports

Poetic Techniques: Alliteration, Anthropomorphism & Personification, Assonance, Narrative Poems

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We think them plentiful, like jumping shrimp and tiny crabs: These mak hung, these chilies, the base for padaek. The mouth waters with even a mention. Every heart of Laos knows it well. Cross oceans and mountains, battlefield and basement, Oz or Kyrgyzstan, Modesto or Nashville, Phoenix or Pakse. Meet anyone who can say sabaidee or a word of passa lao. Even if they don't remember their history or family, How to nop or how to fon, or the secrets to singing a good mor lum We still become one again with as little as a dish. Our bellies fill like an ancient queen, a saint of Laos, Our heroines and heroes, our elders and children, The clever beauties and the dreaming scholars. Pounding away until it's so hot you sweat, A mix of sweet and salt, starch and bite What poet, what priest, What politician, what legend can truly compete or compare? We sing of the fine dok champa, but our people also sleep With memories of mak hung, a smile, a tongue afire.

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We think them plentiful, like jumping shrimp and tiny crabs: These mak hung, these chilies, the base for padaek. The mouth waters with even a mention. Every heart of Laos knows it well. Cross oceans and mountains, battlefield and basement, Oz or Kyrgyzstan, Modesto or Nashville, Phoenix or Pakse.

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In (my cat knows karate) I think the feelings are proudness and happiness

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The poem my cat knows karate make me feel happy because it is a silly poem.

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In the poem (My cat knows karate) I notice that it describes what the poem is about very well and that most words rime.

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I noticed the poem l made a meme had rhymes .

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In the poem (My cat knows karate) I noticed that there were a lot of describing words and a lot of sections of four sentences.

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We like the poem My cat knows karate because it makes us feel happy and silly.

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In The poem my cat knows karate  I notice that the marshal art

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On the poem I notice the marshal arts things have the same starting letters as the animals.

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I think the most of the words Rhyme but some of them not.

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Our teacher likes Minecraft
I think the poem is entertaining and fun.

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We think what the structure is about animals and types of marshal arts.

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I think the poem Our teacher likes Minecraft expresses funny

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Our teacher likes Minecraft
I noticed that every second row has rhyming words at the end, like deeper and creeper.

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I notice that the words in the poem My teacher likes minecraft
And the children don’t learn.

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Our teacher likes Minecraft
I noticed that the poet organized the poem into four lines in each paragraph.

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(My Cat Knows Karate)

The feelings that I felt for My cat knows karate, were comedy at the end and happiness I think.

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I Like the I mead a meme dis morning because it is so fun.!

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(Liv who read the story and the listener Nanao)

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I read what did you do at school today and it was very interesting, and the ending was kinda weird and unexpected. It made us feel a little gross but we were interested In the poem

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In our teacher like mincraft it felt happy and weird.

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What I notice is in my teacher likes mincraft is she plays it all day

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(Liv, Nanao & Ferri)(What did you do at school today?)

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(Liv, Nanao & Ferri)(What did you do at school today?)

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I notice that the words in the poems rhyme a lot and, the person talks about what they did in school. What I think is weird is that his mom congratulates the person for taking out his teachers brain.

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A lantern poem is close to this type of poem

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Here’s my poem.

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Ferri ( what did you do at school today)

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I think the feelings in the poem is bored and maybe also tired