Kenn Nesbitt poetry

Poetry
by Kenn Nesbitt
POETRY
by Kenn Nesbitt
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Poetry
by Kenn Nesbitt
POETRY
by Kenn Nesbitt

Slide 1 - Tekstslide

Kenn Nessbit
"I am 58 years old and I was born on February 20, 1962 in Berkeley, California. I grew up in Fresno and San Diego, California.

I now live in a big old house in Spokane, Washington, with my wife Ann, our son Max, our daughter Madison, and our cat, Raki."

Slide 2 - Tekstslide

Assignment
We are going to listen (and read) a poem.
Take out your notebook and a pen and write down all the words you are unfamiliar with.

Slide 3 - Tekstslide

Slide 4 - Video

Assignment
Now, look at the words you wrote down, together with your neighbour find out the meaning of the word.
If both of you are unfamiliar with the word, look it up in the dictionary. 

Slide 5 - Tekstslide

Questions
  1. Where does the principal want to take the whole school?
  2. What is the purpose of a Xerox machine?
  3. What is the setting (the date) of the poem? 
  4. How would you describe the principal?

Slide 6 - Tekstslide

Deer Mrs. Teecher
Deer Mrs. Teecher,
This noat iz too say
that Brittney iz
undur the whether tooday.
So tho Brittney noes
how importent it iz,
she kant cumb too skool
fore tooday’s speling kwiz.


 — Kenn Nesbitt
Assignment
Together with your neighbour, correct this poem by writing correct English sentences.

Slide 7 - Tekstslide

Deer Mrs. Teecher,
This noat iz too say
that Brittney iz
undur the whether tooday.
So tho Brittney noes
how importent it iz,
she kant cumb too skool
fore tooday’s speling kwiz.


Dear Mrs. Teacher,
This note is to say
that Brittney is
under the weather today.
So, though Brittney knows
how important it is,
she can't come to school
for today's spelling quiz.

Slide 8 - Tekstslide

How not to play with your food
Don’t play baseball with your Brussels sprouts
or tennis with tomatoes.
Don’t play soccer with your succotash
or ping-pong with potatoes.

Don’t play hockey with your hot dogs.
Don’t go bowling with your beans.
Don’t play racquetball with rump roast.
Don’t play tag with tangerines.

When you’re sitting at the table
just enjoy your mother’s cooking,
and refrain from playing with your food,
except when no one’s looking.

Slide 9 - Tekstslide

Assignment
Write your own poem about HOW NOT TO DO something else.
Put this poem in your Portfolio.

Slide 10 - Tekstslide

I made a meme this morning

Slide 11 - Tekstslide

Slide 12 - Video

Questions
  1. What do you think the meme is about?
  2. By what time did the meme go viral?
  3. What did the speaker earn for every share?
  4. Why does the speaker of the poem retire?

Slide 13 - Tekstslide

I made a meme this morning.
I posted it online.
(I asked my mom’s permission.
She said that it was fine.)

Then people started sharing it.
The next thing that I knew,
my meme had spread around the world.
It grew, and grew, and grew!

By lunch my meme went viral.
It had a billion views.
By dinnertime the TV had it
on the evening news.


I earned a penny, maybe two,
from every single share,
and, by the time I went to bed,
I was a millionaire.

I thought of making one more meme
that might go even higher.
But, nah, I’m nearly nine years old.
I think I’ll just retire.

 — Kenn Nesbitt
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Slide 14 - Tekstslide

Play an online game!
Turn to: https://poetry4kids.com/games/
Pick one or more of the games to play.

Slide 15 - Tekstslide