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+ Spaghetti by

Shel Silverstein rewritten as a

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Spaghetti By Shel Silverstein

 Spaghetti, spaghetti, all over the place, Up to my elbows--up to my face, Over the carpet and under the chairs, Into the hammock and wound round the stairs, Filling the bathtub and covering the desk, Making the sofa a mad mushy mess. The party is ruined, I'm terribly worried, The guests have all left (unless they're all buried). I told them, "Bring presents.” I said, "Throw confetti." I guess they heard wrong 'Cause they all threw spaghetti!

Spaghetti By Shel Silverstein

Rewritten  

A spaghetti feed with my friends was just the birthday party I wanted. I guess I put too many noodles in the pan because next thing I knew, spaghetti was everywhere! “I need to have this cleaned up before my mom sees!” I quickly thought.   First, the spaghetti was a slippery mess on the kitchen floor and it was spreading quickly. The next thing I knew it was on the carpet. My friends started to scream because the spaghetti was beginning to cover them on the couch, making the living room a mushy mess!   After that, I hear my mother yelling for help. When I run to the bathroom to see what is wrong all I can see is the spaghetti filled bathtub and my little brother’s hands in the air holding a rubber ducky. The spaghetti buried him while he was taking a bath!   “Oh no,” I nervously thought, “this birthday party is ruined and it’s all my fault.” I decided to try and make the best of the party. So I ran to the living room and shouted, “Let’s open presents and throw confetti!” My friends must have heard me wrong because instead of throwing confetti they only threw spaghetti!

Spaghetti By Shel Silverstein

Rewritten  

Blake: I’m staving! Birthday Boy: Me too! You can play video games in the living room while I go help my mom. Mom: Your brother is a mess from playing outside in the dirt. I need to bathe him real quick. Birthday Boy: You have nothing to worry about I’ll just get the spaghetti started.   *Birthday Boy starts to cook*   Birthday Boy: Oh no! There’s spaghetti everywhere…. Blake: It’s a mess in here! There’s spaghetti all over the couch! Mom: Help! My baby is covered in noodles! I can only see his hands and that yellow rubber ducky! Birthday Boy: Guys, lets just try and forget about the mess, open presents and throw some confetti! Blake: Instead let’s have a spaghetti fight!

         

Birthday  Boy  

Mom  

Birthday Boy Birthday Boy’s Friend, Blake

Mom

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POETRY

What  is  it?  What is it?

«   Most, but not all rhyme

 « Written in lines « Groups of lines are

called stanzas or verses

« Can be any length « Most include figurative

language « Rhyme scheme

EXAMPLES

«  Haiku « Free Verse « Acrostic « Cinquain

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PROSE

What  is  it?  What is it?

«   Written in paragraphs  « Complete sentences « Fiction OR non-fiction « Written to entertain,

inform or persuade « Can have dialogue « Any length

EXAMPLES

«  Newspapers « Novel « Biography « Text Books « Short Passages

ORDINARY WRITING!

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DRAMA

What  is  it?  What is it?

«   Characters (Actors) « Characters read from a

script « Characters talk back and

forth (dialogue) « Tells a story « Has a setting « Written to entertain

EXAMPLES

Just like A play!

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