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Meehoo With an Exactlywatt
by Shel Silverstein
Knock knock!
Who’s there?
Me!
Me who?
That’s right!
What’s right?
Meehoo!
That’s what I want to know!
What’s what you want to know?
Me who?
Yes, exactly!
Exactly what?
Yes, I have an Exactlywatt on a chain!
Exactly what on a chain?
Yes!
Yes what?
No, Exactlywatt!
That’s what
I want to know!
I told you---Exactlywatt!
Exactly what?
Yes!
Yes what?
Yes, it’s with me!
What’s with you?
Exactlywatt---that’s what’s with me.
Me who?
Yes!
Go away!
Knock knock…
From A
Light In the Attic. New York: Harper & Row Publishers,1974
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Introduction
I remember when I first read this many years ago.
It reminder me of the comedy team Bud Abbot and Lou Costello. It might show my age but I
remember when they did the skit , who's on first, what's on second, etc. Kids will love the wackiness
of the poem.
Extension
You can use this poem for many different activities such as:
Talk about what a Meehoo and an Exactlywatt look
like. Ask the students to draw a pictures of the two
characters and using just adjectives describe both of them.
Ask Is it possible that there could be aliens? Have an open
discussion. Find a non fiction book and use it for a class read and discussion. (I would make sure it was for upper elementary
3-5).
Pick out students to perform the poem as a play for the class. See how many ways you can read
the poem.
Jack Prelutsky
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