Cute desert poem by dd 9

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threegreatkids
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Cute desert poem by dd 9

Post by threegreatkids » Tue Jan 12, 2010 12:34 pm

My 9 y.o. LOVES the creative writing assignments in Preparing, especially the poetry ones. Today (Unit eight) was supposed to be a desert paragraph, but she asked to write a poem instead. I said,"OK", and she wrote this entirely by herself. I love how we enjoy all of HOD, but in particular how there are different subjects that really draw out the individual interests of each child.

Danger in the Desert
The kingsnake slithers over the hot, dry ground,
It moves but doesn’t make a sound.
It looks for prey to strike and kill,
But it has to pause a moment, still.

At night the Gila monster looks
For something tasty, soft and good.
A rat, a mouse, a little snake,
It’s just as good as a piece of cake.

:D :D :D
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Re: Cute desert poem by dd 9

Post by playschool » Tue Jan 12, 2010 1:20 pm

Wow! Job well done! She has a very creative mind.

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Re: Cute desert poem by dd 9

Post by water2wine » Tue Jan 12, 2010 3:59 pm

Hahahaha! That is awesome. :D What a great little poem. Your daughter is very talented!
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Re: Cute desert poem by dd 9

Post by Samuel'sMommy » Tue Jan 12, 2010 6:27 pm

She did a great job!
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Re: Cute desert poem by dd 9

Post by Kathleen » Tue Jan 12, 2010 7:15 pm

That's great! :D

Grant has been loving the creative writing in Preparing, too, and especially loves writing poems. You'll keep having fun with it, I'm sure.

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Re: Cute desert poem by dd 9

Post by my3sons » Tue Jan 12, 2010 9:45 pm

You tell your precious 9 yo I literally felt the danger in the desert (until she got to the cake part, and then I was needing a piece of cake) :lol: ! She did a super job on this, and you are right - it's neat to see what special interests HOD draws out of our dc. She has a knack for poetry already - she'll continue to have fun with the creative writing lessons to come in PHFHG, and CTC will just build upon that too. :D Thanks for sharing her creative poem! :D

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Re: Cute desert poem by dd 9

Post by Carrie » Wed Jan 13, 2010 5:28 pm

threegreatkids,

Tell your daughter I thoroughly enjoyed her poem! :D She used wonderful description, and I loved her meter and rhyming pattern. Robert Louis Stevenson would be proud of her poem. :D

Blessings,
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Re: Cute desert poem by dd 9

Post by Tmisek » Wed Jan 13, 2010 9:17 pm

I read this to my 7 yo daughter yesterday, and now every time she sees me on the board she asks me to find "the poem" and read it to her. Great poem!!
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Re: Cute desert poem by dd 9

Post by threegreatkids » Wed Jan 13, 2010 9:28 pm

Thanks for enjoying my dd's poem with me :) I showed her your comments this evening and she was so delighted!
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Re: Cute desert poem by dd 9

Post by MamaBear23Cubs » Thu Jan 14, 2010 9:45 am

It's good,
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Re: Cute desert poem by dd 9

Post by water2wine » Thu Jan 14, 2010 10:30 am

Just wanted to say I let my four oldest read the poem and they were thoroughly impressed! :D
All your children shall be taught by the LORD, and great shall be the peace of your children. Isaiah 54:13
~Six lovies from God~4 by blessing of adoption
-MTMM (HS), Rev to Rev, CTC, DITHR
We LOVED LHFHG/Beyond/Bigger/Preparing/CTC/RTR/Rev to Rev (HS)

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