Language Arts Here's a classic POEM which can be shared with your students as a follow up or extension to the previous science activity (What Causes Shadows?). My Shadow | |||||
By Robert Louis Stevenson | |||||
I have a little shadow that goes in and out with me, He is very, very like me from the heels up to the head And what can be the use of him is more than I can see. And I see him jump before me, when I jump into my bed. The funniest things about him is the way he likes to grow Not at all like proper children, which is always very slow; For he sometimes shoots up taller like an India rubber ball, And he sometimes gets so little that there's none of him at all. He hasn't got a notion of how children ought to play, And can only make a fool of me in every sort of way. He stays so close beside me, he's a coward you can see; I'd think shame to stick to nursie as that shadow sticks to me! One morning, very early, before the sun was up, I rose and found the shining dew on every buttercup; But my lazy little shadow, like an arrant sleepy-head, Had stayed at home behind me and was fast asleep in bed. This poem could lead to a discussion of the science concepts contained in the poem and/or could inspire the kids to write their own Shadow Poems.They could also illustrate the poem. |
Monday, February 7, 2011
Shadow Poem
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