Language+Arts

=Language Arts=

= Unit: Poetry: Famous Poets and Poetry =

= Throughout the course of this unit we will study different poets such as Jack Prelutcky and Robert Frost. We will explore the different types of poetry these author has written during the course of their career. Most importantly we will focus on writing different types of poetry. =

Read the following poem by Jack Prelutcky and use the discussion thread to discuss your feeling about this poem. What do you think Jacks purpose was for writing this poem.   **As Soon as Fred Gets Out of Bed by Jack Prelutsky **   As soon as Fred gets out of bed, his underwear goes on his head. His mother laughs, "Don't put it there, a head's no place for underwear!" But near his ears, above his brains, is where Fred's underwear remains.

At night when Fred goes back to bed, he deftly plucks it off his head. His mother switches off the light and softly croons, "Good night! Good night!" And then, for reasons no one knows, Fred's underwear goes on his toes. = = = Assignment = == Using the following links, write at least two poems for the class poetry anthology. You have complete and total freedom about what the poem is about, just make your place your name right under the last sentence of the poem. ==