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poem crisis!

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lauradora · 19/02/2009 16:10

My 7 year (year 3) DD has to learn a poem to say out loud in class next week - any ideas/ websites/ book suggestions v welcome! she is mildly dislexic so nothing too complex...!

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Twims · 19/02/2009 16:13

this?

GrimmaTheNome · 19/02/2009 16:14

Does it have to be any particular length (lines/verses) or subject?

One source might be to look on amazon for poetry books for her age and then take a peek at any 'Look Inside' ones.

lauradora · 19/02/2009 16:16

no all we've been told is learn a poem! she is unkeen...

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lauradora · 19/02/2009 16:18

thanks Twims, that's just the sort of thing i was looking for, hopefully she will go for it!!!

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funnypeculiar · 19/02/2009 16:18

How about something funny - eg Spike Milligan?

GrimmaTheNome · 19/02/2009 16:24

For instance Baby Sardine, the last one on this page (some of the ones above look quite nice too). IMO Twims one could be a bit hard to get the right way round

Itsjustafleshwound · 19/02/2009 16:25

Ogden Nash
Spike Milligan

sassy · 19/02/2009 16:25

The cow is of the bovine ilk.
one end is moo, the other milk.

Ogden Nash.

OR

How about Each Peach pear PLum? if you have the book, she will know the pictures and they will prompt her through the poem.

funnypeculiar · 19/02/2009 16:30

I love 'bump' and it's pretty short...

www.spikemilligan.co.uk/spike-milligan-poem-text.php?poem=Bump

funnypeculiar · 19/02/2009 16:32

Or, for something more contemporary, John Hegley?
www.johnhegley.co.uk/networds/docs/smothering.htm

Thrifty · 19/02/2009 16:33

everybody
verybody
erybody
rybody (pr.ryebody)
ybody (pr. why-body)
body
ody
dy (pr dye)
y (pr why)

say it fast.

or..

Falling from the window, Mertle
To the ground began to hurtle,
as we watched her, Rodney reckoned
she reached 40 feet per second!

or...

If I had know Eve, I'd have told her
of that fast descending boulder
but as she was just a stranger
it seemed so wrong to mention danger

TigersEnglandChick · 19/02/2009 16:33

Today I saw a little worm,
Wriggling on his belly.
Perhaps he'd like to come inside,
And see what's on the telly.

Spike Milligan

CaptainKarvol · 19/02/2009 16:34

I think mice / are rather nice / their tails are long / their faces small / they haven't any / chins at all ....

by Rose Fyleman, in a book called 'I like this poem', which has poems chosen by 6 to 15 year olds.

I like it

CaptainKarvol · 19/02/2009 16:35

there are holes in the clouds
where the rain comes in
but they're everso small
that's why rain is thin

(more Spike Milligan)

lauradora · 19/02/2009 16:35

ooops I loved grimmathenome's suggestion but now DD has told me it has to be about 20 lines long..

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funnypeculiar · 19/02/2009 16:36

An Owner's Complaint

I've got a dog that's more
like a carrot than a dog.
It's hairy,
but only very slightly.
It's got no personality
to speak of,
no bark to bark of,
no head
no legs
no tail
and it's all
orange
and
crunchy.

John Hegley again

sassy · 19/02/2009 16:36

Each Peach pear PLum then!

Oovavu · 19/02/2009 16:37

whatever you choose record it onto a tape and play it over and over to help her learn it

sassy · 19/02/2009 16:38

Ooh good tip oovavu.

(Do I know you?)

lauradora · 19/02/2009 16:45

great tiip oovavu, does anyone know of a website with each peach pear plum on? we don't have the book!

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TigersEnglandChick · 19/02/2009 16:49

I doubt it'll be online as it's probably still under copyright - a quick search just brought up places to buy the book.
Can you borrow one from a friend or the library?

Thrifty · 19/02/2009 16:53

My kitten won't stop talking.
She just prattles night and day.
She walks around repeating
nearly everything I say.

My kitten never says, "Meow."
She never even purrs.
She mimics me instead
in that annoying voice of hers.

She waits for me to speak,
and then she copies every word,
or begs me for a cracker,
or says, "I'm a pretty bird."

I'm not sure what to do, and so
I simply grin and bear it.
She's been this way since yesterday;
that's when she ate my parrot.

from this site

lauradora · 19/02/2009 21:34

thanks everyone, can't believe how many super helpful replies we got, DD thought all gt fun and now really into the idea, let's hope it lasts!!

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