Mrs. McKeown's Poetry
30 Days of Poetry - Day 6

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Why Bother With Poetry
A Concrete or Shape poem
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Stump the Teacher
My Poem
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Poet Study - Poems
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Poet Study-Jack Prelutsky
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Folk Poem
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Mother Goose
Picture Book Poem
Arthur Guiterman

I don't Understand...:
 
Begin the poem with "I don't understand..." List three things you don't understand about the world or people.  Name the thing you don't understand most of all.  End the poem with an example of something you DO understand.
 
Student Example:
 
I DON'T UNDERSTAND...
 
I don't understand...
   why people dislike me
   why people can't get along
   why dogs are colorblind and cat's aren't
 
But most of all
   why people are prejudiced
   why people must move away
   why people argue over stupid stuff
   why there is wars
 
What I understand most is
   why trees grow
   why birds chirp
   why the sun shines
   why the car goes.
 
---Anita Pepper (Grade 10)