Roll Over
Anonymous
Treasury of poetry & rhymes. China: Parragon: China. 2000.
Introduction: Provide copies of the poem �Roll Over� to the students and read it to them while they follow along. Divide the student�s into four groups, A,B,C, and D. Have the students read the poems with group A starting with the first stanza, followed by group B reading the second stanza, then C with the third stanza, and D with the fourth. The next four stanza�s will be read the same way and then have groups A and B read stanza nine and groups C and D read stanza ten. All groups will read the final stanza together.
Roll Over
Anonymous
There were ten in the bed There were five in the bed
And the little one said: And the little one said:
�Roll over! Roll over!� �Roll over! Roll over!�
So they all rolled over, So they all rolled over,
And one fell out. And one fell out.
There were nine in the bed There were four in the bed
And the little one said: And the little one said:
�Roll over! Roll over!� �Roll over! Roll over!�
So they all rolled over, So they all rolled over,
And one fell out. And one fell out.
There were eight in the bed There were three in the bed
And the little one said: And the little one said:
�Roll over! Roll over!� �Roll over! Roll over!�
So they all rolled over, So they all rolled over,
And one fell out. And one fell out.
There were seven in the bed There were two in the bed
And the little one said: And the little one said:
�Roll over! Roll over!� �Roll over!� Roll over!�
So they all rolled over, So they all rolled over,
And one fell out. And one fell out.
There were six in the bed There was one in the bed
And the little one said: And the little one said:
�Roll over! Roll over!� �Roll over! Roll over!�
So they all rolled over, So HE rolled over,
And one fell out. And HE fell out.
So there was the bed-
And no one said:
�Roll over! Roll over!�
Extension: Have the groups alternate and have group B begin the poem- then C- then D.