![]() HIGH FIVE #22: Interview with Alayne Kay Christian. too and all - saw are meant for a rhyme just as pairs like tool fool and.Read-4-Luck: Because You Are My Baby by Sherry North.Read-4-Luck: I Love You the Purplest by Barbara M.Story Element #10: Beginning and Endings.Pot-O-Gold Blogger Award #19: The Miss Rumphius Ef.Through endless adventures by writing in rhyme and verse. If I were a writer, we would traverse the universe Try your own rhyming couplet! Here's mine, just off the cuff: When my children wanted me to read this book, I never hesitated, because I knew I would enjoy it too, probably more than them. The illustrations for the genie page are so fun to find each image that relates to the other 13 "jobs": sailor, mountaineer, builder, gardener, rock star, diver, skywriter, geologist, quarterback, engineer, pizza chef, astronaut, and actor. Make them flow and sing! Both lines here incorporate the word "off." The second line is SO filled with sounds: "K" "R" "A" ( A: blast, Mars, pair, cars). "If I were an astronaut, we would blast off to see MarsĪnd cruise the red-rock surface in a pair of off-road cars."ĭon't make your rhymes too simple. How fun!Īnother favorite, just listen at the language: Woo-hoo! Keep bringin' it!ĭepth: pizza chef, Pisa pie, leaning tower of mozzarella. And the consonance of the "K" sound with shipwrecks, crab, and coral, oh, and the "ex" part of EXplore.Īnother line: dash, grass, catch, pass. "If I were a diver, we would tour the ocean floor Shipwrecks, crab holes, coral reefs, and much more to explore." Internal rhyme is awesome: tour, floor, more, explore. One of my favorite lines is: "With blooms that croon a jazzy tune whenever you pass by." Such wonderful assonance and internal rhyme: blooms, croon, tune, you. The next page uses words that accentuate the rhyme of tall/all: fill and jelly alliteration is so nice!Įven near rhymes, sometimes called off rhymes, are included: vine/by. It reads natural, with no distinct meter, or pattern. "If I were a mountaineer, I would take you to the peak Of Everest and Fuji, a new summit every week." Notice how the rhyme is NOT sing-songy. ![]() "If I were a sailor, I would sail the world with you, With sails of cotton candy and a handy penguin crew." Notice the internal rhyme of candy/handy. to let loose the impatient genie makes words jump through hoops of fire. Each two-page spread has a simple couplet full of strong nouns and verbs. conventions of rhyme (whether perfect, internal, half rhyme or assonant). So are the illustrations (watercolors on paper). Summary: "Lists wonderful ways a parent, whether a rock star or a geologist, could demonstrate love for a child." Today's Story Element #9, Rhyme, includes rhythm, meter, and song. ![]()
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