Wednesday, September 9th

1.Let’s a read a poem:

I was thinking, can I write a poem? 

How hard can it be?

But I have no ideas

coming to me.

What do I write about?

I just couldn’t see

So I took a deep breath

And looked all around me.

At once my ideas escaped

And they were all leaping about,

I was writing them down fast

Before time ran out.

My ideas were like shooting stars

That went flying into space

Words were leaping around

Like insects in a race.

I was writing words that were funny, 

I was writing words that were sad,

If I had a surprise at the end, 

I was thinking that wouldn’t be bad.

How would the poem end?

And would the poem rhyme? 

I was trying to get the end right 

But it was taking time.

And when I was thinking

What am I going to do?

The last idea escaped and made 

This poem, just for you.

2.Now, answer the following questions:

1. What is the theme of a poem?

1. is what the poem is about
2. are facts that are true in the poem

2. What is the theme of this poem?

1. all poems have rhyming words
2. it is easy to write a poem
3. it is hard to write a poem

3. How does the poet get ideas?

1. they write down lots of words
2. they go into space
3. they look around them