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Monday, May 14, 2012

Animal couplets


A little brown toad
jumped along the road.

A brown kangaroo
hopped along too.

A tiger on the prowl
stopped to growl.

Where were they all going to?
Australia or Timbuktu?


Now think of an animal. How does it move? Can you think of a word that rhymes with your movement word? For instance, A little red panda skips; a dolphin swimming flips. So write your own poem about a traveling menagerie. Where are they going and what will they do when they get there? Have fun writing your poem.

13 comments:

  1. Will your animal friends get into mischief like the Bremen Town Musicians? They could! Maybe I'll meet them in a book one day.

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  2. I and my students enjoyed your poems. It is really nice to read. J.Samuel George, Maldives

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    1. Thank you, Mr. George. What grade level students do you work with?

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  3. i loved your poems

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    1. Thank you. You might have fun trying this yourself. Pick an animal, add a verb and then see if you can make it rhyme.
      I hope you enjoy poetry with your friends.

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  4. I love ur poetry

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  5. your poems are the best

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    1. Hey Jeff,
      Glad to see you are writing. Is rap your game?

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  7. nice poem. how did you come up with this?

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