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Monday's Homework: Click on the web link to go to author Ken Nesbitt's poetry site. Click on and then read the different funny poems. Once you have read at least 4 poems, choose the one you liked the most. Write a **paragraph** explaining which one is your favorite and why. Make sure you remember to write the title with correct capitalization and quotation marks. []

My favorite poem on the website is "Polar Bowling." I like this poem because the lines rhyme. I also like how it explains how penguins got to the South Pole. l think the funniest part of the poem is when the polar bears use the penguins as bowling pins.

Wednesday's Homework : (Please DO NOT do this ahead of time because you will need some instruction in class before completing this.) Go to the following website to read the poem. Look up in a dictionary any words you do In not know. Type a paragraph explaining what you think the author is trying to say in his poem. Then on plain paper, draw and color an illustration that would go with the poem. Turn it in when you get to school. [| http://www.storyit.com/Classics/JustPoems/shadow.htm]

In the poem, "My Little Shadow," the author is trying to compare his shadow to himself. Sometimes, his shadow does just what he does. Other times his shadow is taller or shorter than he is. Lastly, his shadow is not their at all.