I just want to share this poem written by David for his Literacy class. There's just one thing I can say....kids nowadays are definitely much smarter than we were, back in the day.If my teacher asked me to write a poem at 10 yrs old, Id probably write some idiotic garbage.
The framework of this poem is based on Kit Wright's My Magic Box. The kids just have to come up with their own ideas to make the poem their own.
My Magic Box
By David B.
I will put in the box
The red roses in a raspberry field,
The silver in a gold mine and
The last Dodo on Earth.
I will put in the Box
The feathers of five flaming Phoenixes, A soul from heaven and hell and the last star in the Universe.
I will put in the Box
A golden summer whale on the sapphire sea,
A bird with four legs and a wolf that glides.
I will put in the Box
A scorpion with no stingers but seven claws,
The red scale of a blue dragon and a mother’s last wish before death.
My box is styled with rocks, diamonds and bones. It has steel on the lid and emotions in the corners. It’s hinges are the toes of Ostriches.
I will fly in my box and land in the waters of the calm sea and ride the creatures in it. Then I will move the stars with it.
I will put in the Box
A poem’s end and a Final word:
END
