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ELEMENTARY SPEECH 2ND GRADE POETRY Student Activities 2nd Grade Poetry Handbook 2 Contents Introduction 3 How to Write a Letter 30 Portrait by a Neighbor 57 After the Party 4 I Want to Know 31 Questions at Night 58 The Arrow and the Song 5 I Wish I Were a Little Star 32 Rabbits 59 At the Garden Gate 6 If I Can Stop One Heart from Rain in Summer 60 Breaking 33 The Balloon 7 Rain in the Night 61 In the Morning 34 Bedtime 8 The Rain Song 62 Jabbering in School 35 Bernard Bartholomew Benjamin The Rainbow 63 Brown 9 The Jolly Woodchuck 36 The Reason for the Pelican 64 Blessing of God’s Love 10 A Kitten 37 Seal 65 Books Fall Open 11 The Kitten and the Falling Leaves 38 The Shepherd Boy Sings 66 The Brook 12 Little Tiger Cat 39 Slow but Sure 67 Cat 13 The Lost Doll 40 So Long as There Is Weather 68 Catalogue 14 Make Me a Picture of the Sun 41 The Things I Do 69 A Child’s Prayer 15 Marching Song 42 Timothy Boon 70 A Child’s Thought of God 16 Missing 43 Tiptoe 71 Eletelephony 17 The Monkeys and the Crocodile 44 To God, with Love 72 The Elf and the Dormouse 18 The Mountain and the Squirrel 45 To Meet Mr. Lincoln 73 The Favorite 19 The Mouse 46 Tomorrow 74 Galoshes 20 Mrs. Brown 47 Verbs 75 General Store 21 My Books and I 48 Very Lovely 76 The Gingerbread Man 22 My Cat, Mrs. Lick-A-Chin 49 Weather 77 Going to Bed 23 My Policeman 50 Weathers 78 Good Morning 24 My Visitors 51 What in the World? 79 Good Morning 25 The North Wind Doth Blow 52 What Robin Told 80 A Good Play 26 Old Glory 53 Will There Really Be a Morning 81 Habits of the Hippopotamus 27 Opossum 54 Winter Is Coming 82 Halfway Down 28 Ornithology 55 Have Good Intentions 29 Our Snowman 56 Please note: These are not required poems, but examples of acceptable material. Comparable pieces may be chosen from other sources if approved by school coordinator. © 2013, Association of Christian Schools International Student Activities 2nd Grade Poetry Handbook 3 Introduction The ACSI regional office is here to help you in every way possible. Please don’t hesitate to call for assistance. Copyright © 2013 by ACSI All rights reserved. No portion of this handbook may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means—mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise— without the permission of ACSI. For the purpose of preparing students for their event, ACSI grants permission to ACSI member schools (who are registered through an ACSI regional office to participate in a district student activity event) to reproduce the materials contained in this document as necessary to prepare for the afore mentioned event. These pages are marked with "Permission granted to reproduce", and are limited to one copy per student or volunteer. These files may NOT be posted to any school website. Member schools should contact their regional office for instructions regarding supplying study materials to parents. © 2013, Association of Christian Schools International Student Activities 2nd Grade Poetry Handbook 4 After the Party Jonathan Blake Ate too much cake, He isn’t himself today; He’s tucked up in bed With a feverish head, And he doesn’t much care to play. Jonathan Blake Ate too much cake, And three kinds of ice cream too— From latest reports He’s quite out of sorts, And I’m sure the reports are true. I’m sorry to state That he also ate Six pickles, a pie, and a pear; In fact I confess It’s a reasonable guess He ate practically everything there. Yes, Jonathan Blake Ate too much cake, So he’s not at his best today; But there’s no need for sorrow— If you come back tomorrow, I’m sure he’ll be out to play. —William Wise © 2013, Association of Christian Schools International | Permission granted to reproduce Student Activities 2nd Grade Poetry Handbook 5 The Arrow and the Song I shot an arrow into the air, It fell to earth, I knew not where; For so swiftly it flew, the sight, Could not follow it in its flight. I breathed a song into the air, It fell to earth, I knew not where; For who has sight so keen and strong That it can follow the flight of song? Long, long afterward, in an oak, I found the arrow, still unbroke; And the song, from beginning to end, I found again in the heart of a friend. —Henry W. Longfellow © 2013, Association of Christian Schools International | Permission granted to reproduce Student Activities 2nd Grade Poetry Handbook 6 At the Garden Gate Who so late (We found him at the garden gate? A little ways Emily, Kate, Up the road,” and John. said Emily, Kate, “John, and John.) where have you been? It’s after six; Who so late Supper is on, at the garden gate? And you’ve been gone Emily, Kate, An hour, and John. John!” “John, put that thing down! “We’ve been, we’ve been, Do you want to get warts?” We’ve just been over (They all three have ‘em The field,” said, By last reports.) John. (Emily, Kate, Still, finding toads and John.) Is the best of Sports, Who so late Say Emily, at the garden gate? Kate, Emily, Kate and John. and John “John, —David McCord what have you got?” “A whopping toad Isn’t he big? He’s a terrible Load. © 2013, Association of Christian Schools International | Permission granted to reproduce Student Activities 2nd Grade Poetry Handbook 7 The Balloon I went to the park And I bought a balloon. It sailed through the sky Like a large orange moon. It bumped and it fluttered And swam with the clouds. Small birds flew around it, In high chirping crowds. It bounced and it balanced And bowed with the breeze. It skimmed past the leaves On the tops of the trees. And then as the day Started turning to night I gave a short jump And I held the string tight And home we all sailed Through the darkening sky, The orange balloon, the small birds, And I. —Karla Kuskin © 2013, Association of Christian Schools International | Permission granted to reproduce Student Activities 2nd Grade Poetry Handbook 8 Bedtime Five minutes, five minutes more please! Let me stay five minutes more! Can’t I just finish the castle I’m building here on the floor? Can’t I just finish the story I’m reading here in my book? Can’t I just finish this bead-chain— It almost is finished, look! Can’t I just finish this game, please! When a game’s once begun It’s a pity never to find out Whether you’ve lost or won. Can’t I just stay five minutes? Well, can’t I just stay four? Three minutes then? two minutes? Can’t I stay one minute more? —Eleanor Farjeon © 2013, Association of Christian Schools International | Permission granted to reproduce Student Activities 2nd Grade Poetry Handbook 9 Bernard Bartholomew Benjamin Brown Bernard Bartholomew Benjamin Brown Was really the dirtiest boy in town. He’d play in the mud, and splash in the pool, When starting out each morning for school. His teacher said, with a sorry frown, “You certainly are a disgrace to the town. Bernard Bartholomew Benjamin Brown.” Bernard Bartholomew Benjamin Brown Was caught, when policemen were searching the town To find a bad boy. Said they: “Here’s the scamp! He surely looks like a wild little tramp!” But as he stood trembling, with tears running down, Said his clean little sister, in dainty pink gown, “His name is Bernard Bartholomew Benjamin Brown!” Bernard Bartholomew Benjamin Brown Is now without spot, from his soles to his crown. His shoes are polished—his suit is clean A neater boy could never be seen. And teacher says now with a smile, looking down: “When you’ve grown, you’ll be Mayor of the town, Bernard Bartholomew Benjamin Brown.” —Carolyn Cawthorne © 2013, Association of Christian Schools International | Permission granted to reproduce Student Activities 2nd Grade Poetry Handbook 10 Blessing of God’s Love Each day I thank the Lord above For these: The blessings of His love, The emerald grass beneath my feet, The scent of roses, soft and sweet. The coolness of a summer breeze, The sound of birds in budding trees, The laughter of a child at play, The golden sun at dawn of day, The warmth of spring that fills the air, The fruitful birth where ground was bare. The waves that dance upon the sea, The wonder of what life can be; The love of friends, the joy of birth, The miracles of Mother Earth, The winter, summer, spring, and fall, I thank the Lord I’ve shared them all. —Patricia Emme © 2013, Association of Christian Schools International | Permission granted to reproduce Student Activities 2nd Grade Poetry Handbook 11 Books Fall Open Books fall open, you fall in, delighted where you’ve never been; hear voices not once heard before, reach world on world through door on door; find unexpected keys to things locked up beyond imaginings. What might you be, perhaps become, because one book is somewhere? Some wise delver into wisdom, wit, and wherewithal has written it. True books will venture, dare you out, whisper secrets, maybe shout across the gloom to you in need, who hanker for a book to read.