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)
