Recipe for a Hippopotamus Sandwich

Silverstein, Shel. 1974. Where the sidewalk ends. New York: HarperCollins Publishers. ISBN: O6-025667-2.

Introduction

This poem is about how to make a hippopotamus sandwich!

A hippo sandwich is easy to make.

All you do is simply take

One slice of bread,

One slice of cake,

Some mayonnaise,

One onion ring,

One hippopotamus,

One piece of string,

A dash of pepper--

That ought to do it.

And now comes the problem�

Biting into it!

Extension

Have kids write their own nonsense recipes.

Module 2 Poems:

Module One: The Poetry Environment	Module Two: Major Poets
Module Three: Poetry Performance	Module Four: Poetry Across The Curriculum
Module Five: Multicultural Poetry	Module Six: Responding To Poetry
Author Study: Janet Wong

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