What a loud chirp!

Learning intention: We learning to develop creative thinking skills.
Success criteria: I know I can do this when I write a poem about a cricket.

Leap like a frog, eat like a frog!

We are learning to develop creative thinking skills through poetry. 
Success criteria: I know I can do this when I write a poem about frogs using appropriate verbs. 

Why don't you like trees? They give us oxygen!

We are learning to understand and use different poem structures.
Success criteria: I know I can do this when I write down a poem about trees using the structure used in the poem Sandy song.

This is such a boring place!

Nothing ever happens at my house, it’s all so normal. I’m watching movies from the 60’s. Dad’s putting on makeup. Mum’s mending the car. Nana is sprinting across the backyard. Grandpa’s watching cartoon network. An astronaut is asking for a disco ball. That’s the seventh time he has asked me. The bunny is walking around the house sneezing, the baby giraffe is trying to check his own height, my baby brother is sleeping in the bathtub. B-o-r-r-r-i-n-g! Nothing ever happens at my house!

WALT: develop creative thinking skills through poetry.
Success criteria: I know this when I rewrite a poem in my own words.

Don't jump off the jetty!

WALT: develop understanding of what I read.
Success criteria: I know I can do this when I read between the lines and explain using 3 sentences about the importance of the poem.