1. WHAT DO POETRY AND MUSIC HAVE IN COMMON?

2. Listen to the following song and decide how this could be defined as poetry… If I Had a Million Dollars... List three reasons why this song could be defined as musical poetry.

3. Take Me Out to the Ballgame Lyrics Take me out to the ball game Take me out to the crowd. Buy me some peanuts and Cracker Jack I don't care if I ever get back, 'Cause it's root, root, root For the home team. If they don't win it's a shame. For it's one, two, three strikes You're out At the old ball game. Get ready to sing!!!!

4. Take Me Out of the Bathtub by Alan Katz Take me out of the bathtub Take me out of the suds I've been here soaking since half past two I feel so sudsy and wrinkle-y, too Oh, I washed all over my body My head, my toes, in between I used one, two, three bars of soap Take me out... I'm clean! Take me out of the bathtub I'm stuck here with my toys Dump trucks and squirters I think are great But I better take of my ro-o-ller skates 'Cause each time I get up I wobble I hold on, but it's a pain I tried once, twice, three times to stand Better get a crane! Copyright Alan Katz

5. Twinkle Twinkle Little Star twinkle twinkle little star piano version with lyrics piano version

6. Stinky Stinky Diaper Change Stinky stinky diaper change, Boy my brother smells so strange He made something in his pants Sure hope it won’t attract ants Stinky stinky diaper change Boy my brother smells so strange

7. The Yogurt Flies Straight From My Brother to the tune of My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean Lyrics Have you ever heard the original song? Here is what is sounds like...

8. Poetry is just like music because… It has… 1

9. We are going to practice reciting poetry, but don’t worry… you may not have to sing… The first poem we will practice is Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout Would Not Take the Garbage Out by Shel Silverstein P. 650 Shel Silverstein Site You need your Poetry Activity Handout #1 for every poem that we read.