This article is a follow up to an article on the same subject by Henk van Ort, in HLT, January issue 2007. Henk shares with us more of his brilliant action poems for young learners.
More Choral Speaking in Primary Education
Henk van Oort, the Netherlands
Henk van Oort trained as a primary teacher before taking a Masters Degree in English at the University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands. His forty years' teaching comprises work as general teacher, teacher of English and headmaster. He is also a teacher trainer on the PILGRIMS summer courses at Canterbury, England. He recently wrote 'Challenging Children' with DELTA in which he published 100 activities for the English lesson in the primary classroom.
E-mail: vanoort-breman@quicknet.nl
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Best Foot Forward
This pen
Cats Like Fish
Trainers run fast,
as fast as can be.
They come in all sizes
for you and for me.
Sandals in summer
To wear on bare feet.
So light and so airy
for crossing the street.
Wellies you wear
when the weather is wet.
When walking through puddles,
but not in your bed!
Flip-flops
you will need
to carry your feet
in blue white or red
from bathroom to bed.
Moonboots
thick and strong
last all winter long.
Through snow and sleet
they warm up your toes
and warm up your feet.
Dark clouds in the sky?
Your socks will stay dry
in shoes made of wood:
Clogs are ever so good!
My Slippers are comfy.
My slippers are warm.
My slippers are lovely.
My slippers are.......torn!
This pen writes stories, nice and clear
of tigers, lions, mice and deer.
This pen writes poems of clouds and trees,
of butterflies and honey bees.
This pen can write a book of ghosts on holiday
in castles where I saw them dance and play.
This pen can write a poster saying: 'Coming soon',
a play about a spacecraft flying to the moon.
This pen can write a nasty notice on the toilet door:
'Closed for cleaning. Open on the seventh floor'.
This pen can write a list for things to buy:
potatoes, apples and a tasty kidney pie.
This pen can write the question to the Grand Old Duke of York
why he likes to eat his soup only with a fork.
This pen can write important rules
for schools and parks and swimming pools.
This pen can write a Thank You letter to Dear Barry
Who sent a birthday present from Killarney.
This pen can write a recipe for cherry cake
Or how to fry a well-done steak.
A pen, though only full of ink,
can write exactly what you think.
Dear Pussycat, would you like an apple?
An apple?
An apple?
An apple?
No, thank you very much.
Cats like fish.
Dear Sparrow, would you like some fish?
Some fish?
Some fish?
Some fish?
No, thank you very much.
Sparrows like seeds!
Dear Doggy, would you like some seeds?
Some seeds?
Some seeds?
Some seeds?
No, thank you very much.
Dogs like meat!
Dear Squirrel, would you like some meat?
Some meat?
Some meat?
Some meat?
No, thank you very much.
Squirrels like nuts.
Dear Cow, would you like some nuts?
Some nuts?
Some nuts?
Some nuts?
No, thank you very much.
Cows like grass.
Dear Blackbird, would you like some grass?
Some grass?
Some grass?
Some grass?
No, thank you very much.
Blackbirds like worms!
Dear Horse, would you like some worms?
Some worms?
Some worms?
Some worms?
No, thank you very much.
Horses like oats!
WE ALL SOMETIMES WISH
OUR OWN FAVOURITE DISH!!!
Please check the Teaching Kindergarten course at Pilgrims website.
Please check the Methodology and Language for Primary Teachers course at Pilgrims website.
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