Wednesday, May 25, 2016

Poetry

This week we looked at the poem Didgeridoo by Roger McGough. It is a nonsense poem that has some fantastic alliteration. We went into groups of 3-4 and analysed the poem, picking out the features that we thought were the most important. We then brainstormed our own animals and tried to use alliteration and wrote our own stanza's in our groups. Here is the finished product:

What does a Didgeridoo?
By room 17

A Rat
cannot rap while running
Wolves
wolf down hot rabbit stew
Polar bears
pee into ice pools
but what does a didgeridoo?

Fox’s
Fly fiercely for food
Lion’s
Leap over lazy loos
Jaguar’s
Jump over with joy
What does a Didgeridoo?


Greyhounds
will always wear grey gowns
Emus
like to say boo
Bats
Are as batty as batman
But what does a didgeridoo?

Llamas
Like lying on concrete
Dinosaurs
Leave big piles of poo
Monkeys
Make magical mud piles
But what does a didgeridoo?

Unicorns
Have horns that pop corn
Chicken’s
Lay Eggs in a shoe
Leopard’s
Jump over leo’s lollies

What does a didgeridoo?

Griffin’s
Cannot swim because they have no fins
Dogs
Like to jump through fog and poo
The Zebra
Beats the zebu
But what does a didgeridoo?

What does a didgery,
What does a didgery,
What does a didgerydoo?

2 comments:

  1. Hi Room 17.
    That is some awesome writing .
    They are very creative.
    I wish I was their to do one.
    What was your favourite part about doing this type of poem?
    From Mya.

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    1. Hi Mya,
      It was great fun working with people we don't normally work with. Maybe you could try writing one whilst you are sick. We have written our own ones now for our poetry anthologies.
      Hope you are feeling better soon.

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