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Hello, goodbye poem

Hello / Goodbye

Why do you think this poem was written?

I think this poem was written to talk about their alarm clock and how it wakes them up early in the morning for school but then the lockdown came and now they have to stay safe at home and they can’t go to school anymore.

Who might have written this poem?

A student. 

Was the poem written before, during or after the lockdown? Support your answer.

During the lockdown because in the end of the poem it said, Hello COVID 19 - I hope I don’t catch you. 

What is a feline friend?

A female cat

What is the writer saying goodbye to?

Goodbye to their safe at home lockdown.

What is the writer saying hello to?

Noisy alarm clock that wakes them up in the morning

Is this poem effective? How?

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Racism

Racism 

In our world there is black and white

Why are angels white and devils are black

I am afraid to go outside, afraid of dying

early because of the color of my skin

More of my people are dying for no reason 

it is torture 

I hate feeling like this, we are just slaves

among the whites

Black lives don't matter until they are dead

right?

We are all the same so why are we being

treated like we don’t matter

The world will not be equal until they

learn that we have rights

I will not be silent anymore i will stand up

for my people

We don't deserve to go down and I won't

go down without a fight

we are not useless 

Being black is an honor and we all come

from greatness

I am not just another black man/woman who

came from the hood

I am a black man/woman who has rights and

I won’t stop fighting 

Until we have won the war

I Can't breathe, Black lives matter!

Coronavirus poem

Coronavirus poem

There was a virus that ruled the world

we were stuck inside our own house

We were like prisinors

Life just wasn't the same

Kids couldn't go school

Adults couldn't go work

We were stuck and we couldn't get out

We had to follow our country's rule to stay safe

But then our prisoner days didn't last for long

Suddenly we were being freed 

Kids could go to school

Adults could go back to work

We catched up with our school mates

We are happy, we are free

The last few weeks have showed us that tough

Times never last and soon everything will go back

To normal

Virus poem

This poem was written by a teacher. What do you think was her
purpose in writing this poem?

I think her/his purpose was to teach other students that even
though we are in lockdown we can get through this and that tough
times don’t last forever.

If you were a student in this class, what would you say to the teacher
about the poem?

I would say how amazing this poem is and that it has teached me that
even though the coronavirus has us staying at home, that it wouldn't last
forever and that we can get through this.

If you had to change a line in this poem, what would it be and why?

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What virus is this poem talking about?

Coronavirus.

What are 4 ideas you understand about the poem?

That during the lockdown we have learnt to be more resilient, even thought
there might be some tough times that we go through we have learnt that it
doesn't last long, our order was to keep ourselves safe and obey the rules we
have been given and that things have changed once the lockdown has started
we are more cautious about wearing a mask when we go out or staying within 2
meters of everyone.   

What ‘tough stuff’ is the poem talking about?

The tough stuff that the poem was talking about is about how the lockdown
and coronavirus came and ruined our plans of going to a family members house
or celebrating a birthday party or even going out for takeaways.

Write a short poem about the Coronavirus. We can share this with Megan.

Coronavirus poem