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Name: <  >
Class: <  >
Date: <  >

I Met Magic

Do numbers belong in a poem? You bet they do! Read the poem "I Met Magic" on the screen below or on the handout sheet. You may wish to compare it with Shel Silverstein's poem "Magic" in Where the Sidewalk Ends.

Read the poem and notice the numbers.

I Met Magic

I met magic
at a picnic
Fantastic!

I met two trolls
in two troll holes
eating Oreos from little troll bowls

I met three goblins
with knobby double chins
greeting us all with gobbledygook grins

I met four little elves
sitting in a row on a little elf shelf
placing chocolate cars on chocolate bars

I met five witches
in a pitch black ditch
brewing and stewing an awful thick mix

I met six leprechauns
springing up on the lawn
singing six songs, one-by-one they were gone

I met seven ghosts
sitting on seven posts
boasting and roasting pot roast and toast

I met magic
at a picnic
Fantastic!

Write

The numbers in "I Met Magic" begin with the number two and end with the number seven. The first verse must be missing!

Scroll back to read the poem again. Notice that we have two trolls, three goblins, four elves, five witches, six leprechauns, seven ghosts. Think of another creature that would fit in this list to begin the first stanza of the first verse:

I met one < >

Scroll back to read the poem again. Besides rhyme, notice the pattern. It has two short lines and a third longer line. Follow the pattern of the other verses to write a first verse.

Verse 1. "I Met Magic"

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Name and save this file now. (Press ctrl+S, type a name for the file, and press enter.)

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Copy your verse and put it into the poem above as the first verse.

You could meet magic at lots of places besides a picnic. Add your own ideas to the list started below for places to meet magic:

apartment
beach
cave
carnival

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I met magic at <  >


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Change little words to suit your magic place. For each set of lines below, use one of these words:

carnival
apartment
cave
beach

I met magic
at my < >

I met magic
on the < >

I met magic
in a < >

I met magic
at the < >


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Write your own "I Met Magic" poem. Copy a set of lines from above or begin anew. You may want to try to follow the pattern of two short lines and one long line. Remember, you can use inside rhyme and end rhyme to tell who you met, where, and what they were doing.

My " I Met Magic" Poem

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Rewrite/Edit

Rewrite your poem until it says what you want it to say in the best way possible.

Peer Review

Exchange "I Met Magic" poems with a writing partner or your writing group and listen as someone else reads your poem. New ideas may come to you for your own poem. Make any final changes.


If you haven't done so already, name and save this file now. (Press ctrl+S, type a name for the file, and press enter.)

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