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Poetry Break 27

 A free verse or unrhymed poem

Plain Old Rock
by Lisa Westberg Peters
 
Plain old rock
by the side of the road.
 
Should I roll it
into the ditch?
 
Round rock
by the side of the road.
 
I pick it up
and feel its weight.
 
Light rock
by the side of the road.
 
I take aim with my hammer
and split it.
 
Geode
by the side of the road.
 
Gleaming jewels inside.
 
Earthshake, Poems from the Ground Up. New York:
     Greenwillow Books. 2003
 

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Available from www.Amazon.com.Accessed August1,2005

Introduction
 
I think this book has a lot of great ideas that you can use in Science class. I would use it for 3-5th graders.
 
 
Extension
Read the poem Geode.
Ask the class what a geode is; this would be a good time to use dictionary skills. Have the class look up geode, define it, and make a complete sentence using the word.
Talk about all the different types of rocks in the world.  If your class does a lesson in geology have them make up a booklet with different rock formations.See if you can find examples to show the class. If you live in an area that has mines, arrange a filed trip.
Divide the class into groups of seven, give each group one little paragraph to speak. At the end of the poem they all say the last tline together.

A poem written and published by a child