Melinda originally wrote a book of poems for her six year old niece. Never thinking about publishing or illustrating them herself, but with new technology of ebooks. She has been able to do both in just a short time. Since Melinda has a problem requiring her to lay down a lot, she finds herself laying down creating her books in her bed with the help of her iPad.
This book gives great details about monsters for young readers to learn about. Many are great rhyming poems and the colorful illustrations match the silly and cute poems.
When I first started reading this book, I thought that the pictures were created by children themselves, because they are drawn so simple and silly with bright and colorful colors. They really help bring the poems to life and draw you in to hear about all these different monsters. This not so scary take on them really makes this poetic book worth it for kids.
Thought Provoking Questions:
- What types of poems do you see in this book?
- How can we tell the difference between rhyming poems and free verse poems?
- Do we see alliteration in the poems in this book?
Motivational Activity:
Children can create their own monsters and then create a poem about their monsters to go with it. They can chose between writing a rhyming poem or a free verse poem. This gives the children a chance to be creative and use their imagination in creating their monsters and their own poems.
Reference:
Chenille stems Archives | Fun Family Crafts. (n.d.). Retrieved February 18, 2016, from http://funfamilycrafts.com/tag/chenille-stems/
Monster Poems for Monstrous Kids: Illustrated Children's Book of Poems, About Monsters Who Live Under the Bed and in Lots of Other Places Too! ... 3-8) (Top of the Wardrobe Gang) (Volume 4) Paperback – Large Print, October 19, 2014. (n.d.). Retrieved February 18, 2016, from http://www.amazon.com/Monster-Poems-Monstrous-Kids-Illustrated/dp/150090144X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books
Heather, another literature response activity that you could do is break the students up into groups and assign them different poems and have them read/analyze their poems. Then, after they are done reading/analyzing their assigned poems, you could have them act out the poem or their favorite scene of the poem.
ReplyDeleteAnother literature response activity that you could do is put students in groups and have them write the similarities and differences between rhyming poems and free verse poems and then have them come up to the board a share a similarity and a difference.
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