Good morning everyone,

This week we are exploring poetry!

Today’s topic is funny or nonsense poetry.

Activities to choose from:

• Read and or listen to some poems. https://childrens.poetryarchive.org/explore/?key=&type=&poet=&theme=127&form=&age=
• Read and or listen to some poems and think about what they mean. https://childrens.poetryarchive.org/explore/?key=&type=&poet=&theme=127&form=&age=
• Research acrostic poems and create your own about something FUNNY or NONSENSE. https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/z4mmn39/articles/ztdvw6f
• Research haiku poems and create your own funny or nonsense poem. https://www.youngwriters.co.uk/info/other/poetry-types/haiku-poem
• Create a funny or nonsense poem (it doesn’t have to rhyme).

Enjoy the following fun and nonsense poems (they may also give you some ideas for your own poems):

The Old Man Of Peru

 There was an old man of Peru,

Who dreamt he was eating his shoe.

He woke in the night

In a terrible fright,

And found it was perfectly true.

 Anon

No Harm Done

 As I went out

The other day,

My head fell off

And rolled away.

But when I noticed

It was gone,

I picked it up

And put it on.

Anon

Danger Game

 Jessica was playing

On the escalator.

When suddenly she tripped

And the escalator ate her!

 John Walsh

Good luck!

Laura Leathem (Language and Communication Teacher)