NPM: TOO LITTLE!-An Original Poem: Post #16

 



Last week, I posted a poem titled SO SMALL that was told in the voice of a young child who was tired of being smaller than everyone he/she knew. Today, I have a poem titled TOO LITTLE! that is a good companion for TOO SMALL. In this poem, a young child wishes to be bigger so he/she can do more things that most little kids aren't allowed to do.

TOO LITTLE!

By Elaine Magliaro

THEY say

I’m TOO LITTLE for this…

I’m TOO LITTLE for that.

I’m too little to do SO MANY things.

DRAT!

I wish I were big like my sister and brother.

I wish I were big like my father and mother.

I wish I were BIG—as be as can be…

Like the giant blue whale who lives in the sea.

There wouldn’t be ANYTHING bigger than me!

Then I’d shout and I’d spout, “Make way, make way!

I’m going to go where I want today.

I’m going to do what I want to do.

And you can’t say no ’cause I’m bigger than you!”

 

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BOOK GIVEAWAY

I'm giving away a copy of YOU JUST WAIT: A Poetry Friday Power Book by Sylvia Vardell and Janet Wong. It would be an excellent classroom resource for teachers of "tweens and teens."

To be entered into the drawing for the book, all you have to do is to comment on any of my Wild Rose Reader posts that I publish from April 23rd through April 30th. I'll announce the winner on Wednesday, May 1st.

About the Book

YOU JUST WAIT: A Poetry Friday Power Book for tweens and teens, features 12 PowerPack sets that contain five elements: 1) a PowerPlay prewriting activity; 2) a previously-published Outside Poem (in this case, from The Poetry Friday Anthology for Middle School); 3) a new original Response Poem; 4) a new original Mentor Text poem; and 5) a Power2You writing prompt. PowerPacks = a fun and inspiring approach for a wide variety of readers and writers. Curious? Take a look!

The twelve Outside Poems from The Poetry Friday Anthology for Middle School (an NCTE Poetry Notable) were written by Robyn Hood Black, Joseph Bruchac, Jen Bryant, Margarita Engle, Julie Larios, Carmen T. Bernier-Grand, Charles Ghigna, Avis Harley, Amy Ludwig VanDerwater, Charles Waters, and Virginia Euwer Wolff. The way they are joined together here with twenty-four new poems by Janet Wong, they form a story featuring Paz, an Asian-Latina soccer player with dreams of stardom in college, the Olympics, and ultimately the World Cup; Lucesita, her feisty movie-loving cousin; and Joe, an older brother with dreams of the NBA. Sylvia Vardell’s inventive PowerPlay activities make it easy for writers to get inspired, while her Power2You writing prompts extend learning. Vardell also created extensive back matter resources for readers and writers.

Click here for resources you can use with YOU JUST WAIT: A Poetry Friday Power Book.