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Activity uggested by Jane Kurtz
There was a little volcano
volcano, volcano
There was a little volcano
And this is how it grew...
One day it became a hill
a hill, a hill
One day it became a hill
And then it formed a mountain...
Over the years it grew, grew, grew
Grew, grew, grew, grew, grew, grew
Over the years it grew, grew, grew
Into a volcano...
Then one day there was some gas
Was some gas, was some gas
Then one day there was some gas
And then it started to roar...
When it roared it spit hot magma
Spit hot magma, spit hot magma
When it roared it spit hot magma
And then it trickled down...
Read these two poems, the first written by a high school student named Pat and the second by an 11-year-old named Kelly:
I.
The rusty tiger-waves pounce to the shore.
Caring for none but themselves,
they leap on each other's backs
trying to get to their prey
where they will gorge themselves
on the sand
and roll back,
satisfied.
II.
Night, a black cat
creeping up on you
with the moon
reflecting
his eyes.
From A Celebration of Bees: Helping Children to Write Poetry by Barbara Juster Esbensen (Holt)
Poems aren't about rhymes--they're about playing with words.
Make a list of all the words you can associate with volcanoes. Look at pictures of volcanoes. List all the ways volcanoes move. What are different parts of volcanoes like? What if a volcano were an animal? What if it were an insect? What if it were a person? Pick some of the words you like and use them in your poem. Here's one I tried:
The bear that lives deep in the earth
lumbers
rumbles
shudders
scoops up pawfuls of the mantle
and hurls them upward.
The hot rock pulses like music,
climbs like fire,
bursts out the seams where the earth is sewn together.
The bear sighs,
settles back
and sleeps.
When I was thinking about this poem, I went to a high school band concert and heard my son David play the trumpet in a jazz band. I heard a song called "The Grizzly Bear Rag" and decided that should probably be the title of my poem.
These Volcano Poems are from Mrs. Prokity and Mrs. Shorter's 5th grade
students at Appomattox Elementary School, Appomattox, VA.
These are some poems from Mrs. Carruthers' 8th grade Communication Arts class at Brimley Middle School in Brimley, Michigan.
"Untitled" "The Volcano Erupts"
By Marcus Cunningham By Travis Morgan (age 11)
The volcano has an eruption. A volcano erupts fast
It was a blast. at times past
The lava is spooing. there have been
The gases are blowing. volcanic blast
The flowing lava is burning. all sorts of magma
The homes are gone. shot into the air
The rivers are acid. the volcano did not care.
The puffy smoke is filling the air. Lava spurted out
But the trees are gone and the flowers. all the people are up and about
The land is unable to see. the people ran
The hot burning lava is a destroyer. the volcano began
The ashs are covering up the lava. to die all the
people cheered
all the tears
washed away.
"Untitled" "Untitled"
By Jessica Harris (age 10) By Tamara Rogers (age 10)
Vicious Violent
puffy smOke Orange
Lava Lava
Crazy Cool
gAses Ashy
mouNtain Nonstopping
glOwing cOoled-gray
"Untitled" "Haiku"
By David Austin (age 10) By Michael Molketon (age 10)
Volcano On the island of Hawaii
Hot, tall a volcano destroys everything in its path
Erupting, exploding, barfing in the depths of the water.
A very dangerous hill
Mountain
"Untitled" "Haiku"
By Jennifer Page (age 10) By Senleacha Baily
Lava On a tall lumpy mountain
Hot, colorful A volcano erupted
Flowing, cracking, exciting In the day when the sun is bright
Not a place to be around
Wave
"Bye Town Bye"By Trista LeBlancBrimley, MI The treacherous volcano was Behind the town. The gigantic Volcano started to talk and Squarm around. Humungous Rocks started flowing down Into the town. BOOM, BOOM, BOOM The boiling lava started to ooz out. The people frantically tried to get Out before the lava unleashed into The town. IT EXPLODED! Everything Was gone from 10 miles within The volcano. Bye Town Bye!! |
"Poem"By CandyBrimley, MI The lava is flowing. It's deeply glowing. The fear is growing. Sounds like someone's bowling. |
"Poem"By John WherrittBrimley, MI Volcanic explosion Ominously erupting Lava pools and Creeping landslides Are causing No way Out! | |
"Terror in the Village"By JordanBrimley, MI There I was alone in the Darkness, Everything was peaceful in the village. All of a sudden we heard a Monstrous sound. The ground started Rumbling and the people started Screaming! Lava started oozing down the Volcano towards the village. The clouds darkened and the Tortuous lava started pouring into The city. |
"The Nightmare"by Angela DavisBrimley, MI The firey eruption Smokey, Humongous, Scorching flames For many men, women And children Are left in the descended Nightmare that haunts Them for life. |
volcanoes erupt, hot gooey lava poures out, destroys all in it's path, don't destroy me!!!!!!!!!!!!
Volcanos Rumble, Tumble, Grumble. Volcanos Gurgle, Spit And smoke Volcanos Grey Brown orange
The volcanic volcanoe erupts pours gewws and rolls down the volcanoe
it burns everything to tyhe crisp like burnt black toast
its bubbly red slimy gewwy mushy and hot
its lava
Volcanos Ahead Once I went on a journy I was not about to turny A volcano was what I wanted So, a volcano I hunted From country to country I did look till finally one day I got to close the book In a place called Portland I had found A volcano that had that sound Yes volcano's ahead I hear it now I think it was a great big pow Time for me to go and for this volcano to blow
Thou lying on a fault line
Thine smoke is so divine
Fine ash shot through thy tops
Help nourish our precious crops
There were times when thy land
Was our only choice and friend
For it was forever rich and cheap
Agriculture flourished on the slopes so steep
The magma flowed out through thy vents
Turned into lava, added to continents
Formed many islands in the oceans
Where we live on thy natural formations
It is thou who added to the water
To fill our oceans and atmosphere
Of which if never made
Us beings would forever fade
The pioneer species continue evolving
Protected in thy slopes of severe steeping
Protected from the wrath of nature
Man and livestock, fear's caricature
In the tourist industry
"It's Mt Fuji I want to see!"
Thine beauty and excitement
An endless praising comment
The tourism thy generates
Plus mineral deposits thou creates
Continuously benefits our economy
As we boom away from poverty
Thine landscape forever lovely
Attracting flocks to view thee
There She Blows! Kabooom! Sizzle and hisss, We hear her coming to kiss the ground From deep below gasping for air To remember the salty sea taste she runs refreshed by the rushing wind And make us tremble and put us in our place
The volcano erupted With a gigantic boom! Black smoke filled the sky Like a chimney on a cold winters day Tears filled everyones' eyes As they tried to escape But they couldn't They just couldn't Thump, thump, thump Their hearts were racing Lava poured through the small village As if a giant had spilt his drink The people fled for their lives But the lava had beaten them And as it oozed down the road The people realized that there was no escape Yells and screams filled the village As the lava crawled quietly and slowly in And they knew that this was the end Of the end.