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Poems on the make or on the fly by Rachel McAlpine.

Wednesday, June 16, 2010

For goodness sake

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For goodness sake (says Ruby) I know how to spell AND. You don't have to write it in fancy writing. For goodness sake, I know how to spe...
Wednesday, May 26, 2010

How to act cool

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If you want to act cool with me (says Ruby) just say OK. The easiest way to learn is walking waving your hips. Watch me. One, two, three. Ev...
Thursday, May 20, 2010

The fair maiden

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Once upon a time (says Ruby) there was a fair maiden. She had to decide which pair of shoes to wear to her wedding. The wedding was a sad fu...
Wednesday, May 12, 2010

Facts about goblins and zombies

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Goblins knock on the door in disguise (says Ruby). Get them to take off their clothes. If they say no, they're baddies. To get them dest...
Thursday, April 29, 2010

There was an old lady

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There was an old lady called Taylor Who wanted to be an abseiler But her children said, "No! On your bike you shall go!" And so sh...
Thursday, February 11, 2010

Do you feel sorry for me?

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I was hurt today (says Ruby) with a very bad hurt. There was blood on my knee and I banged my chin. See? Do you feel sorry for me? We were r...

In the olden days

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Sue is not a burglar girl (says Ruby). Her father was born in the olden days. Probably they didn't have burglars then but something wors...

You're tired

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You're tired (says Elsie) so it's good we're playing something entiring and something not entiring. I tell you what to do: make ...
Sunday, February 7, 2010

You want to breathe

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You sometimes feel like breathing but it's best not to (says Ruby). Once you start breathing, you have to keep going and your throat jus...
Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Problem solving

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Why do you not like her? (says Ruby). She used to not like you but now you don't like her. She used to problem solve. Her powers helped ...
Friday, December 18, 2009

The game of one cat one kitten

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We're going to play the game of one cat one kitten (says Ruby). You'll need to be a lot of characters, because Gloria won't unde...
Friday, December 11, 2009

Healthy Things

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I should never be sick 'cause we have Healthy Things (says Ruby). They're little tiny small things and they're a lion. Here, I...
Monday, August 31, 2009

The understudy

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My monkeys have been teaching me a rock dance (says Ruby). I am going to make the costume a bit big in case I am sick. If I was sick you cou...

Sue's father

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Sue is my friend in Nelson (says Ruby). May's father used to be a burglar. She told me that. But he wanted to be in a family so he chang...
Sunday, August 30, 2009

Talk about burglars

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We can talk about burglars (says Ruby). You can go first and tell me all you know about burglars. Then I can go second and tell you all I kn...

Morning is pink

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Morning is pink (says Ruby). If it's pink, it's morning. And if it's not pink, you have to go back to sleep for a long, long tim...
Thursday, August 20, 2009

The 12 little pigs

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I'll tell you a story (says Ruby). It's about 12 little pigs so it's probably going to be a long sort of story and it's prob...

Sunburn

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I was playing outside on the monkey bars (says Ruby) and I started to feel boiling hot. So I ran into my classroom to get sunblock on me. Wh...
Tuesday, June 9, 2009

In this world

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In this world these are all the sorts of crabs we didn't know about (says Ruby). Crying crabs mistake crabs and paper clip crabs. They s...
Wednesday, June 3, 2009

I'm allowed

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I'm allowed to change my name (says Ruby). People will think my name is still Elsie but my name is Mabel. I don't like names that ge...
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