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Baa, baa, black sheep,Have you any wool?Yes sir, yes sir,Three bags full.One for the master,And one for the dame,And one for the little boyWho lives down the lane.

Humpty dumpty sat on a wallHumpty dumpty had a great fall.All the king’s horses and all the king’s

menCouldn’t put Humpty together again!

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Hey, diddle, diddle,The cat and the fiddle,The cow jumped over the moon,The little dog laughedTo see such sport,And the dish ran away with the spoon.

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“I like pomes,” said May.“let’s find out how pomes work,” said Miss

Li.

“when words end with the same sound, weSay they rhyme,” said Miss Li. “In many pomes, the last words of every pair of lines end with the same sound. we say that the lines rhyme.”

I like biscuits.I like cakes.But eating too many gives me stomach-aches!

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“look at this poem, Miss Li,” said May.

“can you tell me which lines rhyme?” asked Miss Li.

Diddle diddle dumpling, my son John,Went to bed with his trousers on,One shoes off and one shoes on,Diddle diddle dumpling, my son John.

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“Here’s a tip on how to write poems with lines that rhyme,’’ said Miss Li. “First, write a group words that end with the same sound.’’ Book p.65Book p.65

backsnack tracklackJack pack

“Then, use these words at the end of the lines in your poem,’’ said Miss Li. “That’s easy!’’ said May.

Brother JackPut a snakeIn the pack

On his back.

“Look at these poems, May,” said Miss Li. “Do you know why they are so special?”

The crocodile has a smile that says “I’ ll eat you in a while.’’

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Cedric Circle is my name.

Turn me round and round, and I’ll look the

same.

“These are shape poems!

The words are arranged in

the shape the poem is talking about,’’ said

May.

“Here’s an interesting alphabet poem about names,” said Miss Li. “do you know why it is called an alphabet poem?”

Adam andBob are the names of my cousins.Carl and Dan are my brothers.Erin andFay are my sister and Glenda’s the name of my mother.Harry’s the name of my father.Ian and Joe are his brothers. What a lot of names I know, like Kevin,Lee,Michael and others!Nathan,Oliver,Peter and Queenie are names that I like quite well. Then there’s Robert andSarah andTess, and other names that I could tell, likeUna and Vernon and William, andXavier---he’s my best friend. There are names

likeYolande andZoe---when you start saying names there’s no

end!

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“yes! The beginning letters in each line form the letters of the alphabet!” said May.

“There are many ways to make our poems more interesting.” we can also use adjectives to make our poems more interesting,” said Miss Li.

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beautiful cute

sense of sight

pretty ugly

smelly

sweet

sense of smell

rotten

gentle soft

sense of hearing

loud sharp

sweet salty

sense of taste

bitter sour

furry smooth

sense of touch

rough hard

Two little kittensTwo little kittens one stormy night,Began to quarrel, and then to fight.

The old woman took the sweeping broom,And swept them both right out of the room .

So they lay and shivered beside the doorTill the old woman finished sweeping the floor .

And then they crept in as quiet as mice,All wet with snow and as cold as ice.

They found it much better that stormy night,To lie by the fire, than to quarrel and fight.

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BeginningBlends

The prince and the princess went to a ball.When they were dancing, the princess had a fall.

She tore a hole in her pretty dress “oh dear!” said the princess. “Now I look a

mess!”

“Don’t worry,” said the prince. “I have a present for you. It will make your dress as good as new.

The prince gave the princess a needle and some thread. But the princess pricked her finger and now she’s in bed!

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Oh, green is the greatest colour to be.I am green like the grassAnd the leaves on a tree.I am green like a grape.I am green like the frog,That sits in the sun on top of a log.Oh, green is the greatest colour to be ,And I want all my babies to be green like me.

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