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Poetry
Month
Activities Kit
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ebratePoetry Month 2009
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ebrate Poetry Month 2009
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Dear Friends,
Lions…and Giraffes…and Babbits…oh my!
Shel Silverstein’s menagerie of beloved creatures has come together to help you Shelebrate National Poetry Month 2009 in “beastly” style.
Character favorites Lafcadio, Giraffe, Runny Babbit, and more are featured throughout the following activities, designed to provide you with suggestions and instructions for exploring poetry and language with children.
Each downloadable activity can be reproduced for an event, used in the classroom, or enjoyed at home.
Have fun!HarperCollins Children’s BooksMarketing Department
Reproducible Activity
Lafcadio the Lion Word Search
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LafcadioHunter
Coconut
lionmarshmallowGrumbacker
junglesuitcasecircus
gentlemanelevator
tailor
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D T A I L O R W W M O F W KS R M K U Z B N V D C O X TS B O I D A C F A L L I F GY U R Q N O I L K L G W I EG W R E T N U H A R H E C NR J S C W E J M U Y L O J TG V Q E R U H M O E C R I LL A K O N S B K V O C M G ET X K G R A L A N I N O K MJ E L A C P T U R A I N Z AZ E M K D O T C G O W I D NG C E J R D U C U U Q A I GZ R K W W S M Q Z W J E K V
Look for the hidden words from
in the word search below. Remember that they can be horizontal, vertical,
diagonal, and backwards. Once you’ve found a word, circle it in the grid and
check it off from the word list. See an example below.
,
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Create your own poem using the words below from the book . Cut along the dotted lines to separate the words. Choose words to write your poem
and try them in different combinations. After you’ve completed your poem,tape or glue the words in place on a piece of paper. Then read
and try them in different combinations. After you’ve completed your poem,
to see how Shel Silverstein used these words in his poem.
✁Giraffe Cute Trunk Give
Junk Fruit Chose Lake
Saggin’ Bike Half Hair
You Laundry Skunk Flea
Dragon Suit Shrank Mail
Hard Have Rose Knee
Dressed And Bee Looked
Flute Stung Chair Wagon
Put Gave Played Comb
Found Cake Stretched Sat
Whale Climb Lived Tail
Jump Bought Silly Glue
Grew Ran To Away
Nose If With Fell
Bear A Stepped Bird
Pole In Rode Old
Mole Girl Hole Gave
Would Eating His Snake
On Shoe Hat Spike
Rat Hike The Flew
Create Your Own Poem
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Shape Poetry
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Concrete poetry, also called shape or visual poetry, is poetry
in which the lines are arranged in the shape of what the poem is about. In this type of poem, shape is just as important as the words themselves and helps
further the meaning of the poem. Create your own concrete poem about Giraffe from
further the meaning of the poem. Create your own concrete by writing your words
along the outline of his image above. Start at Giraffe’s shoe, go up his back to his long curved neck, around his head, along his
fl ute and outstretched leg, and then back down to his shoe. Write about what Giraffe looks like, where he lives, what
he eats, and how he spends his days.
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Reproducible Activity
It’s a Zoo in Here!
Identify each creature from by drawing a line from the name and description that best fits the picture in the middle column.
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The Gheli
One-LeggedZantz
The Considerate Soft-Shelled
Phizzint
The Bald-TopDroan
“Consider his feelings— Don’t ask him
to dance.”
“He’d love for you to scratch his belly.”
“Someone has mistaken this one for a pincushion
and he’s too polite to say he isn’t.”
“I’ll get awful, awful sick
If I give your head a lick.”
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What Is a Rebus?A rebus is a kind of puzzle in which letters, words, or pictures are combined to
convey a word, phrase, or sentence. The rebus puzzle boxes below portray a common word or phrase. Can you guess what they are?
Rebus #1 Rebus #2
Wish
Rebus #3
+Cream
Rebus #5 Use this space to create your own rebus using Shel Silverstein’s art,
or your own.
birthday+
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Rebus #4
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ebu
s #1 is
Boo
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; R
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Wis
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a S
tar;
Reb
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#3 is
Ice
Cre
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; R
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Sailin
g on
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Sea
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ebu
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Happy
Bir
thday
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Start at th
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Con
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Answer: Lafcadio, the Lion Who Shot Back. Using his tail.
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Solve the Cryptogram
Key:
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z19 7 20 13 2 5 17 11 26 4 16 24 12 1 8 6 18 25 23 3 21 10 14 15 9 22
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Hint: The Lost Cat
14 2 20 19 1’ 3 5 26 1 13 3 11 2 20 19 3
,
14 2 13 8 1’ 3 16 1 8 14 14 11 2 25 2 23 11 2
’ 23 19 3
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8 11, 14 11 2 25 2 13 26 13 23 11 2 17 8
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13 8 2 23 19 1 9 8 1 2 16 1 8 14?
24 2 3’ 23 19 23 16 3 11 26 23 14 19 24 16 26 1 17 11 19 3
.
A cryptogram is a type of puzzle that consists of a short piece of writing in code. Replace each number with the corresponding letter in the key to solve the
cryptogram and decode the poem from (p. 151).
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THE GLETCHER
See the Gletcher in his cage,
His claws are sharp, his teeth are double.
Thank heaven he’s locked up safe inside,
Or we’d all be in terrible trouble!
Imagination Isn’t AlwaysBlack-and-White
What do you think the Gletcher looks like? Read the poem below from and draw your own version of this whimsical creature.
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Make a Word LibGo mad: Make your own word lib using the poem below from (p. 83). First, build a word bank from the different parts of speech: noun, plural noun, adjective, and verb. Next, as you read Shel Silverstein’s poem, fill in each blank with a word from the column corresponding to the part of speech written below the blank. Have fun reading your story aloud.
Here’s a quick review of the parts of speech:
• A noun is the name of a person, place, or thing.
• A plural noun is more than one person, place, or thing.
• An adjective describes someone or something.
• A verb is an action word.
Noun1. 2. 3.4.
Plural Noun1. 2. 3.4.
How would you like to get hypnotized? deep, deep
into my . Now you’re getting , falling deep
Deep, deep, deep—asleep, And I have you in my power. the
for half an hour. Shine my shoes, my hair,
Wash out all my . Do my homework, scratch my
, Cook me up a great stack Of
, and go wash my . Get some
and fix the gate. Now wake up and your eyes. Wasn’t it
to be hypnotized?
(VERB)
(PLURAL NOUN) (ADJECTIVE)
(VERB)
(NOUN) (VERB)
(NOUN)
(NOUN) (ADJECTIVE)
(PLURAL NOUN) (NOUN) (PLURAL NOUN)
(VERB)
(ADJECTIVE)
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Adjective1. 2. 3.4.
Verb1. 2. 3.4.
Hypnotized
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Organize students into small groups, selecting one person in each group to take notes. Provide each group with a photocopy of the decoder game
below and instruct them to work together to unscramble the words within each box. Remind students to use Shel Silverstein’s drawings from
to help them decode the phrases.
Runny Babbit mour yajesty kittle litten tash wub
hop tat babble buth mancy feal droud lum
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Decoder Game
boetry pook
chocking rair rike bide
hig bug
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issing P
iece meet th
e Big O
?
ST
AR
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FIN
ISH
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Maze
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Can
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help
the M
issing P
iece meet th
e Big O
?
ST
AR
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FIN
ISH
Maze
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POINTY-PEAKED PAVARIUS
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Word Finder
GLUB-TOOTHED SLINE
SLITHERGADEE
How many words can you make from the letters found in each creature’s name below?
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What’s in a Name?An acrostic poem uses letters from a name or word to begin each line of the
poem. Each line must relate to or describe the topic word. Compose your own acrostic poem in the space below, using the example provided as your guide.
Write about your name, a friend’s name, a famous person, or a favorite animal, hobby, or sport. For an even greater challenge, try to make the lines rhyme.
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For example:
SHEL
Shel was a poet,
He wrote many a book.
Everyone loves them,
Let’s take a look!
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Ru
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’t always d
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Th
e thoper p
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Ju
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Has p
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Help
un
scramble th
e notes an
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en fo
llow
these sim
ple in
structio
ns fo
r added
fun
.
1. C
ircle “w
ash y
ou
r fa
ce.”
2. C
olor in th
e squ
are th
at sa
ys “c
ha
ng
e yo
ur s
oc
ks.”
3. P
ut a
trian
gle above “
do
n’t ch
ew w
ith y
ou
r mo
ut
h fu
ll.”
4. D
raw
a h
eart a
roun
d “
fe
ed y
ou
r pe
t.”
5. P
ut a
star u
nder “
be n
ice.”
6. D
raw
a lin
e from “
do
n’t ea
t wit
h yo
ur f
ing
er
s” to “
br
ush y
ou
r te
et
h.”
7. P
ut you
r shoe size n
ext to “w
ipe y
ou
r fe
et.”
8. D
raw
a recta
ngle a
roun
d “
elb
ow
s.”
9. D
raw
a sm
iley face n
ext to “st
op m
ak
ing f
ac
es.”
10. U
nderlin
e “ple
ase” a
nd “
th
an
k yo
u.”