MODULE 5—POETRY BREAK--REFRAIN—A POEM WITH A REFRAIN WITH REFRAIN NOTED

MODULE 5—POETRY BREAK--REFRAIN—A POEM WITH A REFRAIN WITH REFRAIN NOTED


BIBLIOGRAPHY
Prelutsky, Jack. 2008. BE GLAD YOUR NOSE IS ON YOUR FACE: AND OTHER POEMS. Illustrated by Brandon Dorman. New York: Harper Collins
ISBN 9780061576539

INTRODUCTION
Have a lively discussion with the students about the “disgusting” things that the adult(s) at their homes have made them for lunch.


NOTE: The refrain for the following poem is Rat for lunch! Rat for lunch! Yum! Delicious! Munch munch munch! One by one or by the bunch—Rat, oh rat, oh rat for lunch!


RAT FOR LUNCH!
Rat for lunch! Rat for lunch!
Yum! Delicious! Munch munch munch!
One by one or by the bunch—
Rat, oh rat, oh rat for lunch!


Scrambled slug in salty slime
is our choice at breakfast time,
but for lunch, we say to you,
nothing but a rat will do.


Rat for lunch! Rat for lunch!
Yum! Delicious! Munch munch munch!
One by one or by the bunch—
Rat, oh rat, oh rat for lunch!


For our snack each afternoon,
we chew bits of baked baboon,
curried squirrel, buttered bat,
but for lunch it must be rat.


Rat for lunch! Rat for lunch!
Yum! Delicious! Munch munch munch!
One by one or by the bunch—
Rat, oh rat, oh rat for lunch!


In the evening we may dine
on fillet of porcupine,
buzzard gizzard, lizard chops,
but for lunch a rat is tops.


Rat for lunch! Rat for lunch!
Yum! Delicious! Munch munch munch!
One by one or by the bunch—
Rat, oh rat, oh rat for lunch!


Rat, we love you steamed or stewed,
blackened, broiled, or barbecued.
Pickled, poached, or fried in fat,
there is nothing like a rat.


Rat for lunch! Rat for lunch!
Yum! Delicious! Munch munch munch!
One by one or by the bunch—
Rat, oh rat, oh rat for lunch


EXTENSIONS

Have the students create their own poems about the “disgusting” things that they have eaten in the past.

Read other poem books by Jack Prelutsky (a partial list only because he has written so many wonderful poetry books) but I have tried to include some of his newest releases
AWFUL OGRE RUNNING WILD. 2008. Illustrated by Paul O. Zelinsky.
New York: Harper Collins ISBN 0066238668
MY DOG MAY BE A GENIUS. 2008. Illustrated by James Stevenson.
New York: Harper Collins ISBN 0066238625
PIZZA, PIGS AND POETRY: HOW TO WRITE A POEM. 2008.
New York: Harper Collins ISBN 0061434485
READ A RHYME, WRITE A RHYME. 2009. Illustrated by Meilo So.
New York: Dragonfly Books ISBN 0385737270
THE SWAMPS OF SLEETHE: POEMS FROM BEYOND THE SOLAR SYSTEM.
2009. Illustrated by Jimmy Pickering.
New York: Knopf Books for Young Readers ISBN 0375846743