I had the students create creatures by collaging various parts of different animals together; they then wrote an ode to their new creature. Here are a few examples.
Cool Snakturtle
Rayes W.
Oh, Snakturtle I love the way there is
one of you yet you rule the world. You are stronger
than 50 lions all together. I love the way
you slither in your shell when you are
ready to fight. You can blow up and come back
whenever you want. You can force things to
kill themselves whenever you want. Snakturtle
you can go inside people and make them rob
a bank. Snakturtle you are cool, especially
because you are a smart ghost. Snakturtle, I love
you.
Ode to the Bat-bird-legged-fish
Alex O.
Oh Bat-bird-legged-fish you can not see
in the light.
How I love to see you live on land
and water.
You are king of water and land.
Eating fish and insects day and night!
You can fly and stand on branches
with your legs of a bird.
Bat-bird-legged-fish you are so wonderful
and useful.
By Day By Night
Yaritza M.
(By Night)
Rhino-tiger, you fearsome beast,
Why, on living flesh you feast.
With a glance I turn to stone,
Now I’m yours to own.
(By Day)
You’re a gentle thing,
Now you eat plants.
Head of a rhino,
Body of tiger.
(By Night)
No longer gentle,
A fear come true.
My nightmare starts at night,
And ends by day.
Frofird
Keven T.
Oh frofird your tail of a fish
you feet are like bird feet
but you’re a frog. One weird
frog. You swim and walk on
land. You eat leaves. You make me
laugh with your sound. Just like
a bird trying to say “hello.”
Sam’s Ode
Sam S.
Tieraberfly you are vicious and
evil but I see deep down in your heart
there is some good. I know you like
flesh, but you should like plants. You are
endangered, you want your revenge, but revenge
doesn’t do anything. I like you because you
can fly. You have stripes and big ears, but
why do you hate other animals? You almost
look like a rabbit’s head and a striped
body like a tiger and wings like a butterfly.
Butterflies and rabbits are nice, but the
tiger part must be the bad part. Please
control yourself and be good. 2/3 of your body
is good, but only 1/3 of your body is bad.
Control yourself!
The Weird Story
Gina C.
O great Bearflyasaurus
you will be flying
in the trees and
getting stuck in
the trees. Some day
another
Bearflyasaurus
will help you
down from the tree
and then you
will keep getting
stuck in the tree
and then you will go
to the forest
and you will have
more fun where
you are now
and I will
miss you
very much.
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2 comments:
These poems are astonishing!
We are particularly delighted by the Tieraberfly! Did you know that Tier means "animal" (or "beast") in German?
Joan & Matthias
Yeah--it looks like a word from one of Goethe's biology texts.
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