Take a free-form trip though the human body with these humorous riddle poems.Which body part, if spread out flat, would cover a tennis court? Stretched end to end, which body parts would wrap four tim
Take a free-form trip though the human body with these humorous riddle poems.
Which body part, if spread out flat, would cover a tennis court? Stretched end to end, which body parts would wrap four times around the equator? What?s the hardest substance in the human body?
In these pages you will discover the astonishing answers to these questions ?and many more! Put your cerebral cortex to work. Follow the anatomical, poetic, and visual clues to make a guess, then read the science notes to check your powers of riddle reasoning. You?ll even find hints from the greatest poet of them all ?William Shakespeare!
?A smart pick for left- and right-brained readers alike.?
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?Whether educators are seeking material for health lesson unites, an introduction to simile and metaphor, or simply something to tempt budding poetry lovers, they?ll find this exquisite gem of a book incredible useful?
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Learn about anatomy by analyzing related poems and informational narrative text. Each poem poses a puzzle in verse with a sly wink and a nod to Shakespeare and provides hints for uncovering the body part in question. Students will make solve riddles and make connections by comparing and contrasting the ideas, concepts, and information from the poem and narrative. Text features include: sidebars; further educate readers about the anatomical subject in question, appended notes; offer a crash course on poetic form and a few facts about the Shakespearean works that inspired the verses, headings, bold print, illustrations, glossary; new scientific vocabulary, and diagrams. Figurative and vivid language such as ?rumble, grumble, roil and rumble Acid burn and slurry tumble? enhance meaning and tone and spark readers? interest in poetry and human biology.
Curriculum Connections: Hybrid text: middle reader poetry / science; anatomy, informational narrative text, Text features include: sidebars, appended notes; facts about the Shakespearean works that inspired the verses, headings, bold print, illustrations, glossary; new scientific vocabulary, and diagrams. Figurative and vivid language enhance meaning and tone and spark readers? interest in poetry and human biology.
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?It?s hard not to admire the ick factor?
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?This collection ambitiously blends an introduction to some human physiology with puzzle poems inspired by Shakespearean writings and poetic forms, sonnet to cinquain.?
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