Poems are used to describe different characterestics of animals. Some of the lines in the poems have different structures in pattern of words used. Alliteration, and Assonance is used to enhance the word rhyming scheme in some of the poems. Word sounds, and spellings on different lines help the flow of rhyme in several of the poems.
These poems relate to myself by the descriptions used to explain the different animals, I have used in teaching my children these different types of animals.
Two extension ideas are reading the poems, and having students guess what animals the poems are about, The second idea would be to have students write details to describe other animals into some sort of poem theme. ( )