Antarctica/Exploration ICEBLOCK/Teachers Backpack/Warrington School Room2's example



Antarctica Pantoum
 Killer whales are jumping, splashing around, sliding and slipping

Whales swish through the icy water as their bodies shine with coldness

Killer whales, fighting the gales

Under the sea, creatures dwell: orcas, whales and more as well

Whales swish through the icy water as their bodies shine with coldness

Dolpins duck, dolphins dive looking for a tasty morsel

Under the sea, creatures dwell: orcas, whales and more as well

Who dives with blubber? A seal -land lubber

Dolpins duck, dolphins dive looking for a tasty morsel

Slippery and sliding penguins on what used to be islands

Who dives with blubber? A seal -land lubber

Seals swoop through the waves under the cold ice while scientists dive

Slippery and sliding penguins on what used to be islands

Cool cool ice and birds and seals on ice cubes

Seals swoop through the waves under the cold ice while scientists dive

Cold ice floats above the waters surface

Cool cool ice and birds and seals on ice cubes

The light above the deepened ice, darkened ice below

Cold ice floats above the waters surface

Antartica freezing ice, white and sparkly

The light above the deepened ice, darkened ice below

Whales swish through the icy water as their bodies shines with coldness

Antartica freezing ice, white and sparkly

Killer whales are jumping, splashing around, sliding and slipping  Written by Room 2, Warrington School 



Explaination by Brenda Lilley (Teacher)
 This poem has been written collaboratively by the middle room (Yr 2-5) from Warrington School.

Next term our class will be studying Antartica while Trisha Korth is on her adventure (fellowship) in Antarctica. She has visited and talked to the class about the Antarctica for an hour.

This poem has become my pre-assessment for the topic for next term. Each child was paired and came up with 2 lines for a poem using what they know about Antarctica. These were collated by the class and the best 12 selected. These were then typed up, printed off and given out to 6 groups. They decided which lines should go where in the pantoum pattern (1,2,3,4 2,5,4,6  5,7,6,8  7,9,8,10  9,11,10,12  11,2,12,1). They literally cut and paste these onto paper. These were then shared with the class and one was chosen.

Next term, after the unit has been completed we will write another poem and see what extra knowledge we have attained over the unit. This time the children will use the cut and paste option on computers to compile their choice of poem.