Using poems to teach English. English Language ... - Finchpark

Example:We’re taking a trip to Egypt,And we’re taking along our favorite things:My fun, rectangular, old blue, Japanese Gameboy,My big, sharp-beaked, old, singing, white and yellow cockatoo,My soft, playful, short, small-eared, female black lab,And we’ll have fun!Our adjective placement poemAPPENDIX CAlphabet poem. Teaching points: Letters of the alphabet, parts of speech, phrases, sentencestructure, dictionary usage. (Holmes & Moulton, 2001, p. 38).What I did last summerArgued about my haircutBaked cookies with mumCalled my friends twice a dayDaydreamed a lotE-mailed my friendsFloated on my air-mattress in the poolGave all my old clothes awayHiked to the top of the mountainInsisted on having my wayJudged my dad when I had no rightKnew I was wrongLicked ice-cream cones dailyMade tons of new friends at the lakeNavigated the internetOrdered pizza for the girl I baby-satPasted pictures in my scrapbookQuestioned my parents’ rulesRested, rested, and restedScratched my mosquito bitesTold Paul I love himUrged my dad to give Paul a chanceVowed to be true foreverWondered why I was missing schoolX’d boxes on college applicationYearned for something to doZigzagged around the yard