Welcome (back) at school!
These are some funny English poems about school! Read them and try to fill in the missing words.
Get Out of Bed! (by DianeZ.Shore)"Get out of bed, you silly ______!
Get up right now, it’s time for school.
If you don’t dress without a fuss,
I’ll throw you naked on the ______!"
"Oh, Mom, don’t make me go______.
I’m feeling worse than yesterday.
You don’t know what I’m going through.
I’ve got a strange, rare case of flu.
"My body aches, my throat is sore.
I’m sure I’m knocking on death’s ______.
You can’t send me to school—achoo!—
’Cause everyone could get it, ______.
"Besides, the kids despise me there.
They always tease and always stare.
And all the teachers know my______.
When something’s wrong, it’s me they blame."
"You faked a headache yesterday.
Don’t pull that stuff on me today.
Stop acting like a silly fool—
The principal cannot skip school!" /
/ Class dimissed (by Bruce Lansky)
We have broken all the ______.
so the teachers cannot write.
We have painted all the toilets black
and all the lockers ______.
We have torn up all the m______. books
and we’ve locked the school’s front ______.
There won’t be school no more.
Glory, glory hallelujah!
School is c______. now, what’s it to ya?
There won’t be no more homework
and there won’t be no more ______.
There won’t be school no more.
Bring Your Own Lunch (by Bruce Lansky)
Don’t eat school______—
not even a lick.
They might make you nauseous.
They might make you ______.
Just take a small bite and
you’ll start to feel ______.
If the veggies don’t get you,
the meatloaf sure will.
/
/ Homework, I Love You (by Kenn Nesbitt)
Homework, I love you. I think that you’re ______.
It’s wonderful fun when you keep me up late.
I think you’re the best when I’m totally stressed,
preparing and cramming all night for a______.
Homework, I love you. What more can I say?
I love to do hundreds of problems each ______.
You boggle my mind and you make me go ______,
but still I’m ecstatic that you were assigned.
Homework, I love you. I tell you, it’s true.
There’s nothing more fun or exciting to______,
You’re never a chore, for it’s you I adore.
I wish that our teacher would hand you out more.
Homework, I love you. You thrill me inside.
I’m filled with emotions. I’m fit to be tied.
I cannot complain when you frazzle my ______,
Of course, that’s because I’m completely insane.
Form groups of 3 to 4 students and write your own poem about one of these subjects.
-homework, tests
-the school uniform
-the food in the school canteen
-teachers at school
-excuses for being late, not doing homework, …
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