A poem written by an NCTE Award winning poet

MODULE 2-MAJOR POETS AND AWARDS -POETRY BREAK: NCTE AWARD POET –A poem written by an NCTE Award winning poet


BIBLIOGRAPHY
Mary Ann Hoberman. 1998. THE LLAMA WHO HAD NO PAJAMA-100 FAVORITE POEMS. Illustrated by Betty Fraser. Orlando: Harcourt. ISBN 0329457195



INTRODUCTION
This poem would be great in the spring time when new life is starting after the long winter months. If at all possible get a frog at the tadpole stage and keep in the proper environment in the classroom as it matures from a tadpole into a frog. Each stage of the frog’s growth provides many opportunities for discussion and poetry writing. Once the frog is fully grown release it in its natural habitat.


FROG
Pollywiggle
Pollywog
Tadpole
Bullfrog
Leaps on
Long legs
Jug-o-rum
Jelly eggs
Sticky tongue
Tricks flies
Spied by
Flicker eyes
Wet skin
Cold blood
Squats in
Mucky mud
Leaps on
Long legs
Jug-o-rum
Jelly eggs
Laid in
Wet bog...
Pollywiggle
Pollywog.

EXTENSIONS
The students can write poems about what the frog is doing now that it is living in its natural habitat.
The students can write poems about our animals that start out life in one form and end up looking very different when fully grown.