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Friday, October 07, 2011

Thoughts During My Spelling Test - a spelling poem

Thoughts During My Spelling Test
by
Greg Pincus

Yacht, February, aisle, cologne?
I've got to think. Leave me alogne.
Isthmus, Wednesday, queue, colonel?
I give up. This test's infolonel!

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8 comments:

  1. This is too funnye!!

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  2. I'm just about to give a spelling test...this made me smile!

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  3. Infolonel is brilliant. A plus for you. :)

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  4. kleerly acceptions pruve the rool - u gota luv English!

    Namaste,
    Lee

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  5. It's such fun, will be great to share with middle school students!

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  6. Greg, Loved this.
    Now I'll be utterly bold and share a poem I wrote about spelling, too:
    TROUBLEMAKERS
    It would be nice
    To spell “precise”
    With i-c-e
    Predictably.
    Instead, although it seems absurd,
    To spell “precise”, a perfect word,
    With i-s-e, which looks like “wise”,
    “Precise” won’t rhyme with “compromise”.
    Take my advice,
    When words aren’t nice:
    Notice, practice, more than twice-
    That’s the way to spell “precise”
    Precisely!

    Keep 'em coming!

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  7. Thanks, y'all, for the comments and to Sandy for the precision in poetry!

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  8. I love this SO much. It's hysterical!! And the poem by Sandy is wonderful, too!

    Thank you for brightening my day. I'm going to share these with everyone!

    Cheers!
    Rita

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