Kids love a humorous poem and Jack Prelutsky’s poem ‘My Neighbour’s Dog is Purple’ is perfect. Learning Objectives: to learn about and identify adjectives to find out about the picture the poem paints in the learners’ minds to practise reading comprehension This document includes a lesson notes and worksheets. This is part of a 8 week unit on humorous poetry. Over the 8 weeks students will be exposed to a variety of funny poems and taught the main language features of poetry. Please note: you will need to have access to your own copy of the poem. A blank space with appropriate images is included for you to write the poem on.

‘Frightened’ by Shel Silverstein is a short, clever and funny poem that children can relate to. Learning Objectives: to learn about and identify rhyming words to find out about the picture the poem paints in the learners’ mind to practise reading a simple poem This document includes lesson notes and two worksheets. This is part of a 8 week unit on humorous poetry. Over the 8 weeks students will be exposed to a variety of funny poems and taught the main language features of poetry. Please note: you will need to have access to your own copy of the poem. A space has been included for you to write the poem on if needed.

Engage children with poetry that makes them laugh out loud while trying to repeat tongue-twisters as fast as possible. Learning Objectives: to learn about and identify alliteration to learn about tongue-twisters writing simple phrases using alliteration practise dictionary skills This document includes lesson notes, tongue-twisters and two worksheets. Year 1 worksheet: Use cut and paste to create an alliteration poem.
 Year 2 worksheet: Write a simple alliteration poem using the worksheet and dictionaries. This is part of a 8 week unit on humorous poetry. Over the 8 weeks students will be exposed to a variety of funny poems and taught the main language features of poetry.

Kids love a humorous poem and Kenn Nesbitt’s ‘Learning to Fly’ has a surprise ending. Learning Objectives: To find out about repetition in poetry To find out about verbs To find out what makes a poem humorous This document includes lesson notes and a worksheet. The worksheet uses physical actions to reinforce the fact that verbs show action. This is part of a 8 week unit on humorous poetry. Over the 8 weeks students will be exposed to a variety of funny poems and taught the main language features of poetry. Learning to Fly" Copyright © 2014 Kenn Nesbitt. From The Biggest Burp Ever. All Rights Reserved. Reprinted by permission of the author Poetry4Kids.