Poetry Learning
Getting Ideas.
Using a pattern.
Read and discuss.
Read as choral reading.
What's the blues?
Think of your own possible school day blues.
Write a new poem with a partner.
Teen Poem
School Day Blues
© By Rebekah Dodson
Woke up this morning
Hoping for some good news.
Feeling all weak and dreary
Looks like a bad case of school day blues.
Went to jump into the shower.
I got out and could'nt find my shoes.
My bacon and eggs were cold as ice.
Yep, it's school day blues.
The bus zoomed off and left me,
Leaving me without a clue.
Did'nt know how I would get there.
Don't you just hate school day blues?
Started out my way walking
Stepped on gum that stuck like glue.
A car flew pass and splashed mud on me.
Why, why, why, school day blues?
Looks like it's going to be a bad day
That's what I said and it I knew.
All because I woke up this morning
With a bad case of school day blues!
What did you do while reading these lines?
Of what did these lines remind you?
Teen Poem
School Day Blues
© By Rebekah Dodson
Boy voice: Woke up this morning
Girl voice: Hoping for some good news.
All: Feeling all weak and dreary
All: Looks like a bad case of school day blues.
All: Went to jump into the shower.
Boys: I got out and could'nt find my shoes.
Girls: My bacon and eggs were cold as ice.
All: Yep, it's school day blues.
Boy voice: The bus zoomed off and left me,
Boys: Leaving me without a clue.
Girl voice: Did'nt know how I would get there.
All: Don't you just hate school day blues?
Girl voice: Started out my way walking
Girls: Stepped on gum that stuck like glue.
Boy voice: A car flew pass and splashed mud on me.
All: Why, why, why, school day blues?
Girls: Looks like it's going to be a bad day
Boys: That's what I said and it I knew.
Boy voice: All because I woke up this morning
All: With a bad case of school day blues!
What are some events that could happen to create a “bad case of school day blues?
Use the ideas from activities 1 and 2 above.
Teen Poem
School Day Blues
© By ______________________
Woke up this morning
Hoping for some good news.
Feeling all __________ and __________.
Looks like a bad case of school day blues.
Went to ________________________.
I couldn’t find ________________________.
My __________________ were __________________.
___________________ school day blues.
The bus __________________________________,
___________________________________________.
Did'nt know _________________________________.
Don't you just hate school day blues?
__________________________________________
___________________________________________.
____________________________________________.
Why, why, why, school day blues?
Looks like it's going to be a bad day
That's what I said and it I knew.
All because I woke up this morning
With a bad case of school day blues!