Homework! Oh, Homework!
By Jack Prelutsky
Prelutsky, Jack. The new kid on the block. Greenwillow Books: New York. 1984.
Introduction:  Discussion of homework.  Do the students like homework? What do they dislike/like about homework? Give the students your personal thoughts on homework.
Homework! Oh, Homework!
By Jack Prelutsky

Homework! Oh,  Homework!
I hate you! You stink!
I wish I could wash you
away in the sink,
if only a bomb
would explode you to bits.
Homework! Oh, homework!
You're giving me fits.
I'd rather take baths
with a man-eating shark,
or wrestle a lion
alone in the dark,
eat spinach and liver,
pet ten porcupines,
than tackle the homework
my teacher assigns.
Homework! Oh, Homework!
You're last on my list,
I simply can't see
why you even exist,
if you just disappeared
it would tickle me pink.
Homework! Oh, Homework!
I hate you! You stink!
Extension:  Have students create a list of words of  how they feel about homework then have them incorporate their list into a poem about homework.
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