Hello helpful Teacher-Librarians!
I have a group of students (The Dead Poets Society) spending the night in our library this weekend. One of them is looking for poetry games. Does anyone have ideas? Thanks. Patti
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Found it! The poem is called Hard to Please and it is in the book "Falling Up". The poem is hilarious, all rhyming words about a group of complaining kids. If you have the book, check it out.
Have fun!
I unfortunately can't remember the name of the poem, or the book that it is in, but Shel Silverstein has a poem that should be read in one breath, and it is a good sized poem. I did this a few years ago with my third and fourth graders when I was teaching poetry and they had contests, who could get farther in the poem without taking a breath. It was hilarious and the kids had a great time trying to beat each others' times. If you could find that poem (or any good length poem, it probably doesn't matter), have the kids take a deep breath and one at a time, try and read the poem in its entirety and see who gets the furthest!
Enjoy your night!
Thanks, Dana!