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Dinosaur Poems
"If you hear a dinosaur/Knocking loudly on your door,/Through the keyhole firmly say/'Nobody is home today.'/If the bell should start to ring,/Tell the beast, 'No visiting.'/If you see there's more than one,/Turn around and start to run." Here's a collection of poems about every kind of
dinosaur you can think of--including the real reason why they all disappeared.
dinosaur you can think of--including the real reason why they all disappeared.
32 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1994
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About the author
John Foster
271 books5 followersJohn Foster taught English for twenty years before becoming a full-time writer. He is the author of over 100 books for classroom use including the best-selling PSHE and Citizenship course Your Life. He is also a highly regarded children's poet, anthologist and poetry performer.
Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the Goodreads database with this name.
Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the Goodreads database with this name.
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August 30, 2024
sometimes u just need to read a book of dinosaur poems
July 16, 2019
April is National Poetry Month!
CC Standards for poetry can be easy to work into the 7th/8th grade English Language Arts curriculum.
It's useful to have daily, weekly or bi-weekly poetry reading and analysis with high-interest -- versus literary -- poems. For this, I found the poems collected in the various books edited by John Foster and Korky Paul generated substantial student enthusiasm.
Foster and Paul have collected poems your students will want to read. The artwork is divine, and the poems lend themselves to daily reading and basic poetry analysis. You'll find the likes of Shakespeare (Macbeth's Witches' Chant) and other classics sprinkled in these volumes, as well.
I bought several copies of each collection, and made them available to table groups. Students worked in groups or pairs to choose and analyze a poem a day using the Poetry Analysis Bellwork Slips.
Or, conversely, you can assign specific poems to analyze. Students used the Trifold Poetry Pamphlets to help identify figurative language devices, types of poety and rhyme schemes.
The sheer number of books in this poetry collection also meant I could use a different book with each table group, ensuring students collaborated with their table peers.
Visit my blog for the free teaching resources / handouts mentioned in this review: http://amb.strikingly.com/blog/teachi...
CC Standards for poetry can be easy to work into the 7th/8th grade English Language Arts curriculum.
It's useful to have daily, weekly or bi-weekly poetry reading and analysis with high-interest -- versus literary -- poems. For this, I found the poems collected in the various books edited by John Foster and Korky Paul generated substantial student enthusiasm.
Foster and Paul have collected poems your students will want to read. The artwork is divine, and the poems lend themselves to daily reading and basic poetry analysis. You'll find the likes of Shakespeare (Macbeth's Witches' Chant) and other classics sprinkled in these volumes, as well.
I bought several copies of each collection, and made them available to table groups. Students worked in groups or pairs to choose and analyze a poem a day using the Poetry Analysis Bellwork Slips.
Or, conversely, you can assign specific poems to analyze. Students used the Trifold Poetry Pamphlets to help identify figurative language devices, types of poety and rhyme schemes.
The sheer number of books in this poetry collection also meant I could use a different book with each table group, ensuring students collaborated with their table peers.
Visit my blog for the free teaching resources / handouts mentioned in this review: http://amb.strikingly.com/blog/teachi...
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