3-E Poetry

I have been working, for the second half of the year, helping out in on of the year 3 classes. There are some wonderful kids in "3-E", some real characters. The kids have been learning poetry in term four, much to the distress of the boys.
     "But poetry is gay, Mr. Doherty" 
I've heard that statement more than once this term.

Week one was Limericks. One of the boys insisted that if he was writing a poem it would be about something cool! Theropods. Finding rhyming words for that is not an easy task. I thought I would set a good example and write a limerick  of my own. It is about young Nicholas and his theropods.

     Young Nicholas loves dinosaurs
      Even though they have very sharp claws
     He can name them all for us
      Like the Tyrannosaurus
     With short arms but terrible jaws.

This week's style of poetry was Diamond Poems. Seven lined poems shaped like a diamond about a linked subject. The poem switches between the subjects in the middle of the 4th line. The 2nd and 6th line have 2 descriptive words. The 3rd and 5th line have three verbs, ending in -ing  

                               Egg
                         Oval, white
             Moving, cracking, hatching, 
            Helpless, hungry, high nest 
              Growing, learning, flying   
                      Black, feathers
                               Bird
                                             by Oden.

All the words were his with only a little prompting.

I love working with the Year 3 students. I'm definitely going to miss them over the Christmas holiday break.