Words are ours
TYPE
PoemYEAR GROUP
Years 3 and 4In the beginning was the word
and the word is ours:
the names of places,
the names of flowers,
the name of names,
words are ours.
Page-turners
for early learners
How to boil an egg
or mend a leg
Words are ours
Wall charts
Love hearts
Sports reports
Short retorts
Jam-jar labels
Timetables
Following the instructions
for furniture constructions
Ancient mythologies
Online anthologies
Who she wrote for
Who to vote for
Joke collections
Results of elections
Words are ours
The tale's got you gripped
Have you learned your script?
The method of an experiment
Ingredients for merriment
W8n 4ur txt
Re: whts nxt
Print media
Wikipedia
Words are ours
Subtitles on TV
Details on your CV
Book of great speeches
Guide to the best beaches
Looking for chapters
on velociraptors
Words are ours
The mystery of history
The history of mystery
The views of news
The news of views
Words to explain
the words for pain
Doing geography
Autobiography
Arabian Nights
Fighting for your rights
What to do in payphones
Goodbyes on gravestones
Words are ours.
From Michael Rosen's Big Book of Bad Things.
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following Michael's suggestion of adding more verses to this poem.
VIDEOS
CLiPPA TEACHING SEQUENCES
Michael Rosen A Poet Study.pdf