Kenn Nesbitt poetry

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Poetry

by Kenn Nesbitt

POETRY

by Kenn Nesbitt

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."

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.

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. 

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?

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.

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.

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.

Assignment

Write your own poem about HOW NOT TO DO something else.

Put this poem in your Portfolio.

I made a meme this morning

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?

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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