Poetry Time
Poem: Leaves
Poet: Elsie N. Brady
Grade: Any
This poem is about the fall season. It talks about how the earth changes in the fall season. This poem will get everyone ready for fall!
Leaves
by Elsie N. Brady
How silently they tumble down
And come to rest upon the ground
To lay a carpet, rich and rare,
Beneath the trees without a care,
Content to sleep, their work well done,
Colors gleaming in the sun.
At other times, they wildly fly
Until they nearly reach the sky.
Twisting, turning through the air
Till all the trees stand stark and bare.
Exhausted, drop to earth below
To wait, like children, for the snow.
This poem is a great way to get into the spirit of fall. It talks about how the leaves began to fall and move with the wind. They began to lay and stay in the earth. The trees lt go of there leaves so they can have more later on and new ones.
Student Activity
For this Activity I would like the kids to make a poem about there favorite season of the year. When they are done I would like to them to go around the classroom and listen to two students and there poem.
Reader Response Questions
How did you like the poem?
How did it make you feel?
What is one thing that you really like about the poem?
Elsie N. Brady. "Leaves"
http://www.dltk-holidays.com/fall/mbrady.htm
Holly,
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed reading all the great response questions and activities posted in your literature blog. I chose to respond to this fall poem because fall happens to be my favorite season, so it pulled my heartstrings.
My literature response activities:
1. In the literacy area, create a tree trunk using brown paper bag material. Give children white construction paper fall-cutouts and allow them to decorate their fall leaf any way they would like. Once complete, have each student write their favorite things about fall on fall-colored index cards. Tape the leaves and index cards onto the "Literacy tree."
2. Create a class fall poem. It is so simple! Give each student a story strip for them to write on. These story strips will go onto a large poster board that can be placed outside the classroom to show the school how easy it is to write poems. The teacher can start the story by writing a simple fall line like, "I love fall, it is beautiful to me." After she places her strip on the board, a student will go next with a line that rhymes like, "It is great to behold, and the air is crisp as can be." This will go on until the whole class has participated. It is a great idea that allows children to use their creativity and imagination. It may very well be a silly poem but it will be fun and one your students will not soon forget!