I've had a hard time getting my homework done these days. Over the weekend my son asked why I still have homework if I'm not in school anymore. Well, technically, I am still in school (and will be in school until they drag me out kicking and screaming), though he doesn't see it this way. I did try to explain that sometimes people just need to bring their work home. My homework consisted of reading through a stack of poetry books published in 2011. Not a bad assignment as far as I'm concerned.
My students are complaining about homework, though they're doing it. My son is complaining about his. (He's doing his too!) So, now that we've hit mid-year (academically), let's write about the homework that's dragging us down. Perhaps someone out there will write an ode to homework that's actually positive!
Oooh! Your prompt inspired a poem that'll be on my blog tomorrow (back with a link then). It'll be a Wednesday Poem for the Monday Poetry Stretch (On a Tuesday).
ReplyDeleteAhhh. I decided not to wait for tomorrow:
ReplyDeleteWhy I Didn't Turn in My Homework
Homework: Or D, None of the Above
ReplyDeleteCat
Sat
On my mouse.
Laptop
Stop
In the house.
Limb
Landed
On a wire.
Hit
House,
Big fire.
Dad
Had
A Mighty shock.
Grandma
Grandpa
At the doc.
Look at columns
A, B, C
Please pick one
Excuse for me.
Signed,
Your student
©2012 Jane Yolen, All rights reserved
If I Were in Charge of Homework
ReplyDelete1.
Dig in your backyard
for treasure. Find a mouse skeleton.
Or dig in your neighbor's yard.
Watch out for the dog.
(Maybe he will help?)
2.
Ride your bike
to the library.
Check out books
about people who rode their bikes
across time
or to other worlds.
Read the one
with the most colorful cover
aloud to the crows.
Or pigeons, if you have
no crows.
3.
Watch TV with your friend.
Do 5 jumping jacks
whenever someone says
"Goodbye" or "rhinoceros."
Do 20 cartwheels
if they say "Goodbye, rhinoceros."
4.
Cut your school homework
into 47 pieces
and rearrange it
to make new homework.
Then don't do it.
5.
Make a dragon
out of household objects.
Make a robot
out of rocks and sticks.
Have a parade
with the dragon, the robot,
and your little sister's dolls.
Throw confetti.
6.
Invent a song
about apples. Invent a song
about tarantulas.
Sing tremendously
about anything you can think of
except homework.
The End.
--Kate Coombs 2012,
all rights reserved
The No-Homework Diet
ReplyDeletehomework is
a nasty chore,
it eats up
all my time.
but when I tell
my teacher this,
she only
feeds me more!
©juliekrantz 2012, all rights reserved
HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT
ReplyDeleteMy homework was to hurry home
to write a shiny, brand new poem.
I jotted down ...
taking out the trash
washing dinner dishes,
kissing my infant sister Trish,
telling Spot my secret wishes.
After a few minutes I was surprised to be done
Please don't tell a soul that it was kind of fun.
(c) Charles Waters 2012 all rights reserved.
Homework (A triolet)
ReplyDeleteSome homework is made to forget
but sometimes it can be fun and easily done
yesterday I’d say, I’d rather practice my clarinet
some homework is made to forget
today I get to draw a girl I met
I’ll draw her hair bright and yellow as the sun
some homework is made to forget
but sometimes it can be fun and easily done