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How to Read a Poem
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Pigs
by Charles Guigna
Pigs are playful
Pigs are pink
Pigs are smarter
than you think.
Pigs are slippery
Pigs are stout
Pigs have noses
Called a snout.
Pigs are pudgy
Pigs are plump
Pigs can run
But never jump.
Pigs are loyal
Pigs are true.
Pigs don’t care for
Barbecue.
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Ode to the Pig:
His Tail
by Walter R. Brooks
My tail is not impressive
But it’s elegant and neat.
In length it’s not excessive —
I can’t curl it round my feet —
But it’s awfully expressive,
And its weight is not excessive,
And I don’t think it’s conceit,
Or foolishly possessive
If I state with some agressive–
ness that it’s the final master touch
That makes a pig complete.
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Discussion:
- Students take turns reading the poems out loud.
- Students discuss unfamiliar words.
- Students memorize one or both of the poems and recite individually
or as a class.
- Students find examples of alliteration.
- Students circle the rhyming words.
- Students tap the rhythm used in each poem.
- In the poem "Pigs," students make a list of all the
adjectives used to describe pigs.
- Why do pigs not care for barbecue?
- In the poem "Ode to the Pig: His Tail," match these words
with their definitions:
| impressive |
a. ability to make one's feelings or abilities
known |
| excessive |
b. being forceful in getting things done. |
| expressive |
c. too much pride in one's own worth or virtue |
| conceit |
d. too much |
| aggressive |
e. having the power to gain the admiration or interest of |
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Identify the common suffix in all but one
of these words. Write the root word for each of the words
with the common suffix.
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Make a list of some other words with the
same suffix.
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Students draw pictures to illustrate one or both of the poems.
P.A.S.S.
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Grade 1: Reading—1.1; 2.3; 4.1,2; 5.1,3;
6.3c. Oral Language—2.3
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Grade 2: Reading—1.1; 2.2a; 3.1,3; 4.1,3; 6.3.
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Grade 3: Reading—2.1; 3.1,3; 4.1a,2c; 5.3.
Oral Language—2.3
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Cooperative Extension Service, 4-H Youth Development, the Oklahoma Department
of Agriculture, Food and Forestry, and the Oklahoma State Department
of Education.
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