By Douglas Florian
By Douglas Florian
It's hot and it's hazy.
My body feels lazy.
My clothing is clinging,
No songbird is singing.
The temperature is torrid.
My temperature is horrid.
Has anyone thrown,
Their dog day a bone?
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| Dog Day By Douglas Florian |
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| Florian, Douglas. Summersaults. Greenwillow: New York. 2002. | |||||||||||||||
| Introduction: Discuss how words are sometimes used to say something other than what they are typically used for. Provide examples and give students a chance to give examples also. Then read "Dog Day". | |||||||||||||||
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| Dog Day By Douglas Florian It's hot and it's hazy. My body feels lazy. My clothing is clinging, No songbird is singing. The temperature is torrid. My temperature is horrid. Has anyone thrown, Their dog day a bone? |
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| Extension: Discuss the saying "dog day". Give students the opportunity to respond to what it means in the poem. Have students give examples of other sayings they have heard and write them on the board. Have students create their own poems using a saying of their choice. | |||||||||||||||