Catch a Little Rhyme By Eve Merriam

DO NOW:  Copy the list.  To the right of each word write a sentence that ends with a different word but one that that sounds very close to the word on the left

• at ------- The wolf ate the whole cat and got very very fat.  
• bite
• cry
• dare
• earth
• find
• grow
• hedges
• itch
• jam
• kid
• lamp
• mop
• neighbor
• ocean
• pat
• quickly
• risk
• swindle
• tap
• untie
• vector
• water
• xylophone
• year
• zag

AIM: What is "Rhyme" 

Definition: Rhyme, also spelled rime,  the correspondence of two or more words with similar-sounding final syllables placed so as to echo one another. 

HOMEWORK: Memorize this poem for next class.  You may practice with your group, time permitting.

CLASS WORK: COPY AND PRACTICE SAYING THE POEM OUT LOUD IN YOUR GROUP

Catch a Little Rhyme   By Eve Merriam

Once upon a time

I caught a little rhyme

I set it on the floor

but it ran right out the door

I chased it on my bicycle

but it melted to an icicle

I scooped it up in my hat

but it turned into a cat

I caught it by the tail

but it stretched into a whale

I followed it in a boat

but it changed into a goat

When I fed it tin and paper

it became a tall skyscraper

Then it grew into a kite

and flew far out of sight …

Eve Merriam

1916–1992

Eve Merriam was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and attended Cornell as well as the University of Pennsylvania. Merriam was a poet, playwright, and teacher, who wrote more than 50 books of poetry and prose. She is best-known for her controversial book Inner City Mother Goose, which was adapted into the Broadway musical Inner City.

How To Eat a Poem

by Eve Merriam

Don't be polite.

Bite in.

Pick it up with your fingers and lick the juice that

may run down your chin.

It is ready and ripe now, whenever you are.

You do not need a knife or fork or spoon

or plate or napkin or tablecloth.

For there is no core

or stem

or rind

or pit

or seed

or skin

to throw away.

HOMEWORK: Write a short poem about a common household object, such as a glass, or a chair, or a dish.
Make the poem look like the object you are writing about.