{"id":10513,"date":"2016-12-29T11:59:23","date_gmt":"2016-12-29T03:59:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.i-learner.edu.hk\/?p=10513"},"modified":"2018-09-19T22:51:29","modified_gmt":"2018-09-19T14:51:29","slug":"teacher-diaries-miss-jackee-the-poem-i-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.i-learner.edu.hk\/zh\/2016\/12\/teacher-diaries-miss-jackee-the-poem-i-love\/","title":{"rendered":"Teacher Diaries: Miss Jackee – The Poem I Love"},"content":{"rendered":"

The poem I want to share with you this week is The Sandwich<\/em> by Tony Bradman. I found this poem in a collection of poems<\/a> for young children; the illustrations in this book<\/a> make the poem even more enticing despite being written for young learners.
\nThe rhyming in this poem is a very simple; each verse has an A-B-C-B pattern that repeats itself throughout. This poem is written with\u00a0children in mind and my students can easily understand what the poem is about.
\nMy favourite thing about The Sandwich is the inspiration Bradman drew out of\u00a0me to experiment with the limitless variation to a sandwich. This ordinary everyday food can be turned into something very exciting and creative, only limited by the imagination of the person making it.
\nI find also find it exciting when I can bring in different kinds of texts for my students to read in class, especially for my kindergarten classes. My students would often read different stories but they don\u2019t have as much opportunity to enjoy a poem. I believe poetry is the kind of literature that can be enjoyed by all age groups, even as young as a 4-year-old!<\/p>\n

The Sandwich<\/span><\/p>\n

Tony Bradman<\/p>\n

Oh what shall I have
\nToday for my tea?
\nI know – a sandwich,
\nAs big as can be!<\/p>\n

I’ll start with the bread,
\nTwo slices, quite large;
\nThen slap on some jam,
\nOh yes, and some marge,<\/p>\n

I’ll put in some cheese,
\nA tomato or two,
\nAnd maybe an onion
\nThis big one will do!<\/p>\n

I’ll bung in some lettuce,
\nA radish, of course,
\nAnd…a sizzling burger,
\nAll covered in sauce!<\/p>\n

Add in some chicken,
\nAnd maybe some chips,
\nSome biscuits, an apple,
\nA packet of crisps,<\/p>\n

A cake with some candles,
\nSome chocolate (one bar),
\nSpaghetti, bananas,
\nSweets from a jar,<\/p>\n

Baked beans and humbugs,
\nCarrots and mustard,
\nAll topped off with cream
\nAnd steaming hot custard…<\/p>\n

Now a sandwich like that
\nYou really can’t beat,
\nIt’s packed out with goodies,
\nA real tasty treat.<\/p>\n

There’s only one problem;
\nIt’s breaking my heart…
\nIt’s such a big sandwich –
\nWhere do I start?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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The poem I want to share with you this week is The Sandwich by Tony Bradman. I found this poem in a collection of poems for young children; the illustrations in this book make the poem even more enticing despite being written for young learners. The rhyming in this poem is a very simple; each […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":10562,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[713],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.i-learner.edu.hk\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10513"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.i-learner.edu.hk\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.i-learner.edu.hk\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.i-learner.edu.hk\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.i-learner.edu.hk\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10513"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.i-learner.edu.hk\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10513\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12378,"href":"https:\/\/www.i-learner.edu.hk\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10513\/revisions\/12378"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.i-learner.edu.hk\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10562"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.i-learner.edu.hk\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10513"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.i-learner.edu.hk\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10513"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.i-learner.edu.hk\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10513"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}