Alarcón, Francisco X. 2001. IGUANAS IN THE SNOW AND OTHER WINTER POEMS. Ill by Maya Christina Gonzalez. San Francisco: Children’s Book Press. ISBN 0892391685
Bagert, Brod. 2008. SHOUT! LITTLE POEMS THAT ROAR. Ill. by Sachiko Yoshikawa. New York: Scholastic Inc. ISBN 0545110998
Cullinan, Bernice E. 1996. A JAR OF TINY STARS: POEMS BY NCTE AWARD-WINNING POETS. Ill. by Andi MacLeod. Honesdale, PA: Boyd Mills Press. ISBN 1563970872
Dakos, Kalli. 1990. IF YOU’RE NOT HERE, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND: POEMS ABOUT SCHOOL. Ill by G. Brian Karas. New York: Simon & Schuster. ISBN 0027255816
Florian, Douglas. 1994. BING BANG BOING. San Diego: Harcourt Brace & Company. ISBN 0152337709
Florian, Douglas. 1998. INSECTLOPEDIA: POEMS AND PAINTINGS. San Diego: Harcourt Brace & Company. ISBN 0152013067
George, Kristine O’Connell. 2001. TOASTING MARSHMALLOWS: CAMPING POEMS. New York: Houghton Mifflin Company. ISBN 061804597X
Giovanni, Nikki. 2008. HIP HOP SPEAKS TO CHILDREN: A CELEBRATION OF POETRY WITH A BEAT. Naperville, Illinois: Sourcebooks, Inc. ISBN 1402210485
Greenfield, Eloise. 1978. HONEY, I LOVE AND OTHER LOVE POEMS. Ill. by Diane and Leo Dillon. New York: HarperCollinsPublishers. ISBN 0690038453
Hesse, Karen. 1997. OUT OF THE DUST: A NOVEL. New York: Scholastic Press. ISBN 0590360809
Hopkins, Lee Bennett. 2000. MY AMERICA: A POETRY ATLAS OF THE UNITED STATES. Ill. by Stephen Alcorn. New York: Scholastic. ISBN 0439372909
Janeczko, Paul B. 2001. DIRTY LAUNDRY PILE: POEMS IN DIFFERENT VOICES. Ill. by Melissa Sweet. New York: HarperCollinsPublishers. ISBN 0688162517
Lewis, J. Patrick. 2008. THE WORLD’S GREATEST: POEMS. Ill. by Keith Graves. San Francisco: Chronicle Books. ISBN 9780811851305
Nye, Naomi Shihab. 2000. SALTING THE OCEAN: 100 POEMS BY YOUNG POETS. Ill. by Ashley Bryan. New York: Greenwillow Books. ISBN 0688161936
Paul, Ann Whitford.1999. ALL BY HERSELF: 14 GIRLS WHO MADE A DIFFERENCE, Poems, Ill. by Michael Steirnagle. San Diego: Harcourt, Inc. ISBN 0152014772
Prelutsky, Jack. 1986. READ ALOUD RHYMES FOR THE VERY YOUNG. Ill by Marc Brown. New York: Alfred A. Knopf. ISBN 0394872185
Viorst, Judith. 1995. SAD UNDERWEAR AND OTHER COMPLICATIONS. Ill. by Richard Hull. New York: Antheneum Books. ISBN 0689319290
Worth, Valerie. 1994. ALL THE SMALL POEMS AND FOURTEEN MORE. Ill. by Natalie Babbitt. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux. ISBN 0374403457
Thursday, April 23, 2009
Poetry Break: Clock
Poetry Break: Clock
Introduction:
I will display different kinds of clocks. I will ask the students what they think time means.
Clock
By Robert Kimmel
Clock, who has looked at you
and seen the time?
Who has looked at you
and said they were late?
Clock, you must be tired,
after all, you stay up all night.
Clock, who has looked at you
and said they only had five minutes?
Clock, how many times
have you been wound?
Clock, you have all the time
in the world locked up inside.
From SALTING THE OCEAN: 100 POEMS BY YOUNG POETS, selected by Naomi Shihab Nye. New York: Greenwillow Books, 2000.
Extension:
I will reread the poem and then ask the students how they feel about it. These answers will direct the remaining conversation. The students will make a lists of activities and events where they have arrived late
Introduction:
I will display different kinds of clocks. I will ask the students what they think time means.
Clock
By Robert Kimmel
Clock, who has looked at you
and seen the time?
Who has looked at you
and said they were late?
Clock, you must be tired,
after all, you stay up all night.
Clock, who has looked at you
and said they only had five minutes?
Clock, how many times
have you been wound?
Clock, you have all the time
in the world locked up inside.
From SALTING THE OCEAN: 100 POEMS BY YOUNG POETS, selected by Naomi Shihab Nye. New York: Greenwillow Books, 2000.
Extension:
I will reread the poem and then ask the students how they feel about it. These answers will direct the remaining conversation. The students will make a lists of activities and events where they have arrived late
Poetry Break: SEE THE JOLLY FAT BOY
POETRY BREAK: SEE THE JOLLY FAT BOY
Introduction: I will ask the students if they think words can hurt.
SEE THE JOLLY FAT BOY
By Judith Viorst
See the jolly fat boy
Filling up his plate,
Bulging at the belly and
A truckload overweight.
We call him blob and buffalo.
We call him tub of lard.
We’re sure he doesn’t mind because
There’s no one who laughs harder than
The fat boy.
See the jolly fat boy
Jiggling as he goes.
Bet it’s been at least five years
Since he’s last seen his toes.
We tell him that he looks just like
A movie star: King Kong.
We’re sure he likes our jokes because
There’s no one who laughs longer than
The fat boy.
See the jolly fat boy
When we’re not around.
He’s not laughing anymore.
He’s staring at the ground
With eyes like winter’s drearest days,
Like birds whose mama died.
I think we’ve never seen the boy
Who lives deep down inside—inside
The fat boy.
From SAD UNDERWEAR AND OTHER COMPLICATIONS by Judith Viorst. New York: Atheneum Books. 1995.
Extension: After a few minutes of reflection, I will ask the students how the poem made them feel. I will ask them again if they think words can hurt. Students will then take turns sharing positive comments about their classmates.
Introduction: I will ask the students if they think words can hurt.
SEE THE JOLLY FAT BOY
By Judith Viorst
See the jolly fat boy
Filling up his plate,
Bulging at the belly and
A truckload overweight.
We call him blob and buffalo.
We call him tub of lard.
We’re sure he doesn’t mind because
There’s no one who laughs harder than
The fat boy.
See the jolly fat boy
Jiggling as he goes.
Bet it’s been at least five years
Since he’s last seen his toes.
We tell him that he looks just like
A movie star: King Kong.
We’re sure he likes our jokes because
There’s no one who laughs longer than
The fat boy.
See the jolly fat boy
When we’re not around.
He’s not laughing anymore.
He’s staring at the ground
With eyes like winter’s drearest days,
Like birds whose mama died.
I think we’ve never seen the boy
Who lives deep down inside—inside
The fat boy.
From SAD UNDERWEAR AND OTHER COMPLICATIONS by Judith Viorst. New York: Atheneum Books. 1995.
Extension: After a few minutes of reflection, I will ask the students how the poem made them feel. I will ask them again if they think words can hurt. Students will then take turns sharing positive comments about their classmates.
DIRTY LAUNDRY PILE: POEMS IN DIFFERENT VOICES
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Janeczko, Paul B. DIRTY LAUNDRY PILE: POEMS IN DIFFERENT VOICES. Ill. by Melissa Sweet. New York: HarperCollinsPublishers. ISBN 0688162517.
Dirty Laundry Pile: Poems in Different Voices is a lively collection of persona or mask poems selected by Paul Janeczko. Karla Kuskin, Kristine O’Connell George, Lillian Moore, Jane Yolen, and Douglas Florian are some of the poets included in this book. Objects and animals with a voice include a vacuum cleaner, washing machine, laundry pile, a whale, cows, the wind and more. The book includes couplets, haiku, and concrete poems. All the senses will be engaged by the variety of poems with their range of topics and engaging illustrations. The title poem, Dirty Laundry Pile, is an example of the fun poems in this collection of poetry.
Dirty Laundry Pile
by Marcy Barack Black
Ignore me now
On the floor
By the door.
But you’ll notice
When I swell
By my smell.
While many of the poems in this book are humorous some are quiet, thoughtful poems concerning nature and animals.
Illustrations are done in watercolor by Melissa Sweet. Young readers will delight in the full page and double page illustrations of the poetry. The artwork provides a visual image to enhance the words in the poems. The illustrations are fresh and simple. The picture for The Vacuum Cleaner’s Revenge by Patricia Hubbell consists of a large green vacuum cleaner with eyes gobbling up a variety of items. A bubble contains the words roar, crunch, and munch. The poem itself is written on a smudge of lemon yellow.
The book lacks any formal arrangement with poems of objects and animals mixed without any apparent basis. There is some grouping of poems although no regular structure is obvious. An introduction offers an explanation about why this book was created and that Janeczko thinks these poems are fun. There is no table of contents or index.
Dirty Laundry Pile: Poems in Different Voices is a worthy addition to any poetry collection with its delightful and entertaining collection of poems.
Janeczko, Paul B. DIRTY LAUNDRY PILE: POEMS IN DIFFERENT VOICES. Ill. by Melissa Sweet. New York: HarperCollinsPublishers. ISBN 0688162517.
Dirty Laundry Pile: Poems in Different Voices is a lively collection of persona or mask poems selected by Paul Janeczko. Karla Kuskin, Kristine O’Connell George, Lillian Moore, Jane Yolen, and Douglas Florian are some of the poets included in this book. Objects and animals with a voice include a vacuum cleaner, washing machine, laundry pile, a whale, cows, the wind and more. The book includes couplets, haiku, and concrete poems. All the senses will be engaged by the variety of poems with their range of topics and engaging illustrations. The title poem, Dirty Laundry Pile, is an example of the fun poems in this collection of poetry.
Dirty Laundry Pile
by Marcy Barack Black
Ignore me now
On the floor
By the door.
But you’ll notice
When I swell
By my smell.
While many of the poems in this book are humorous some are quiet, thoughtful poems concerning nature and animals.
Illustrations are done in watercolor by Melissa Sweet. Young readers will delight in the full page and double page illustrations of the poetry. The artwork provides a visual image to enhance the words in the poems. The illustrations are fresh and simple. The picture for The Vacuum Cleaner’s Revenge by Patricia Hubbell consists of a large green vacuum cleaner with eyes gobbling up a variety of items. A bubble contains the words roar, crunch, and munch. The poem itself is written on a smudge of lemon yellow.
The book lacks any formal arrangement with poems of objects and animals mixed without any apparent basis. There is some grouping of poems although no regular structure is obvious. An introduction offers an explanation about why this book was created and that Janeczko thinks these poems are fun. There is no table of contents or index.
Dirty Laundry Pile: Poems in Different Voices is a worthy addition to any poetry collection with its delightful and entertaining collection of poems.
Thursday, April 9, 2009
Poetry Break: People Equal
Introduction
I will display a large equal sign as well as several smaller equal signs in the room. I will ask the students what equal means.
People Equal
by James Berry
Some people shoot up tall.
Some hardly leave the ground at all.
yet—people equal. Equal.
One voice is a sweet mango.
Another is a nonsugar tomato.
yet—people equal. Equal.
Some people rush to the front.
Others hang back, feeling they can’t.
yet—people equal. Equal.
Hammer some people, you meet a wall.
Blow hard on others, they fall.
yet—people equal. Equal.
One person will aim at a star.
For another, a hilltop is too far.
yet—people equal. Equal.
Some people get on with their show.
Others never get on the go.
yet—people equal. Equal.
From HIP HOP SPEAKS TO CHILDREN: A CELEBRATION OF POETRY WITH A BEAT. Edited by Nikki Giovanni. Naperville, Illinois: Sourcebooks, Inc. 2008.
Extension
I will ask the students if things have to look the same to be equal. Working in groups, I will let the students use the equal signs to illustrate what they think is equal but doesn’t look alike. They can explain to the class why their illustration is equal.
I will display a large equal sign as well as several smaller equal signs in the room. I will ask the students what equal means.
People Equal
by James Berry
Some people shoot up tall.
Some hardly leave the ground at all.
yet—people equal. Equal.
One voice is a sweet mango.
Another is a nonsugar tomato.
yet—people equal. Equal.
Some people rush to the front.
Others hang back, feeling they can’t.
yet—people equal. Equal.
Hammer some people, you meet a wall.
Blow hard on others, they fall.
yet—people equal. Equal.
One person will aim at a star.
For another, a hilltop is too far.
yet—people equal. Equal.
Some people get on with their show.
Others never get on the go.
yet—people equal. Equal.
From HIP HOP SPEAKS TO CHILDREN: A CELEBRATION OF POETRY WITH A BEAT. Edited by Nikki Giovanni. Naperville, Illinois: Sourcebooks, Inc. 2008.
Extension
I will ask the students if things have to look the same to be equal. Working in groups, I will let the students use the equal signs to illustrate what they think is equal but doesn’t look alike. They can explain to the class why their illustration is equal.
Poetry Break: THE LIBRARY CHEER
Introduction
I will have a display of the books mentioned in the poem. I will have the poem written on a large poster with the refrain, “Books are good! Books are great! I want books! I WILL NOT WAIT!” written in a different color.
THE LIBRARY CHEER
by Brod Bagert
Books are good!
Books are great!
I want books!
I WILL NOT WAIT!
Bird books,
Bug books,
Bear books too,
Words and pictures
Through and through.
Books are good!
Books are great!
I want books!
I WILL NOT WAIT!
Books in color,
Black and white,
Skinny books,
Fat books,
Day and night.
Books are good!
Books are great!
I want books!
I WILL NOT WAIT!
Sad books,
Glad books,
Funny books too,
Books for me
And books for you.
Books are good!
Books are great!
I want books!
I WILL NOT WAIT!
From SHOUT! LITTLE POEMS THAT ROAR by Brod Bagert. New York: Scholastic Inc. 2008.
Extension:
After my initial reading we will repeat the poem with the students doing the refrain, “Books are good! Books are great! I want books! I WILL NOT WAIT!” Students will then be able to choose a book they, “will not wait” for and tell why.
I will have a display of the books mentioned in the poem. I will have the poem written on a large poster with the refrain, “Books are good! Books are great! I want books! I WILL NOT WAIT!” written in a different color.
THE LIBRARY CHEER
by Brod Bagert
Books are good!
Books are great!
I want books!
I WILL NOT WAIT!
Bird books,
Bug books,
Bear books too,
Words and pictures
Through and through.
Books are good!
Books are great!
I want books!
I WILL NOT WAIT!
Books in color,
Black and white,
Skinny books,
Fat books,
Day and night.
Books are good!
Books are great!
I want books!
I WILL NOT WAIT!
Sad books,
Glad books,
Funny books too,
Books for me
And books for you.
Books are good!
Books are great!
I want books!
I WILL NOT WAIT!
From SHOUT! LITTLE POEMS THAT ROAR by Brod Bagert. New York: Scholastic Inc. 2008.
Extension:
After my initial reading we will repeat the poem with the students doing the refrain, “Books are good! Books are great! I want books! I WILL NOT WAIT!” Students will then be able to choose a book they, “will not wait” for and tell why.
THE WORLD'S GREATEST: POEMS
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Lewis, J. Patrick. 2008. THE WORLD’S GREATEST: POEMS. Ill. by Keith Graves. San Francisco: Chronicle Books. ISBN 9780811851305.
The World’s Greatest: Poems is a witty collection of zany real-life world records in poetry form. Readers, both young and old, of The Guinness Book of World Records are sure to appreciate this volume of poetry based primarily on their records. Children will delight in both the clever use of words and amusing illustrations. The poems are short, in various forms, and include a variety of topics. Poem shape and illustrations are used to support and enhance the poem content. The poem The Longest Traffic Jam is constructed of single word rhyming couplets, with an illustration crawling across the bottom of both pages of a road with vehicles bumper to bumper.
The book begins with The Kookiest Hat. A brief note accompanies each poem explaining the world record that is the premise of the poem. This poem’s note states, “Invented by Raymond D. Kiefer, Spring City, Pennsylvania, 1995.”
the Kookiest Hat
As I was walking down the street,
I met a man who wore
A fried egg on his head. I said,
“Dear me, what is it for?”
“A fried-egg hat repels the rain,”
Was what the man replied,
“Because, my dear, I always wear
It on the sunny side.”
Lewis, J. Patrick. 2008. THE WORLD’S GREATEST: POEMS. Ill. by Keith Graves. San Francisco: Chronicle Books. ISBN 9780811851305.
The World’s Greatest: Poems is a witty collection of zany real-life world records in poetry form. Readers, both young and old, of The Guinness Book of World Records are sure to appreciate this volume of poetry based primarily on their records. Children will delight in both the clever use of words and amusing illustrations. The poems are short, in various forms, and include a variety of topics. Poem shape and illustrations are used to support and enhance the poem content. The poem The Longest Traffic Jam is constructed of single word rhyming couplets, with an illustration crawling across the bottom of both pages of a road with vehicles bumper to bumper.
The book begins with The Kookiest Hat. A brief note accompanies each poem explaining the world record that is the premise of the poem. This poem’s note states, “Invented by Raymond D. Kiefer, Spring City, Pennsylvania, 1995.”
the Kookiest Hat
As I was walking down the street,
I met a man who wore
A fried egg on his head. I said,
“Dear me, what is it for?”
“A fried-egg hat repels the rain,”
Was what the man replied,
“Because, my dear, I always wear
It on the sunny side.”
This poem is a sample of how the world records and poems combined will capture young readers’ interest and draw them through the book looking for the next weird, funny, or unusual world record.
This attractive book has a table of contents listing each of the poems and their page numbers. A combination of color and white pages, text in a variety of colors, fonts, and sizes along with exaggerated artwork results in a visually appealing book. Skillful artwork and poem placement guide the readers’ eye to the delights on each page.
Keith Grave illustrated the book using acrylic paint and colored pencils. The illustrations have a youthful vibrancy adding a visual element to the poems. The Most Cobras Kissed Consecutively is illustrated with a basket filled with cobras sporting red human lips and long eyelashes. The Stone Skipping Record and The Smallest American Newspaper share an illustration that depicts a woman standing in water showing a skipping stone while reading a miniature paper. The illustrations add an extra element of fun to these unusual and outrageous records.
The World’s Greatest: Poems is a celebration of poetry; entertaining both young and old readers.
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