Begin the poem with "I don't understand..." List three things you do not understand about the world or people. Name the thing you do not understand most of all. End the poem with an example of something you DO UNDERSTAND.
Student example:
I Don't Understand....
I don't understand
why people dislike me
why people can't get along
why dogs are colorblind and cats aren't
But most of all
why people are prejudiced
why people move away
why people argue over stupid stuff
why there is wars
What I understand most is
why trees grow
why birds chirp
why the sun shines
why the car goes
I don't understsand...
ReplyDeleteWhy people think they'r better than others,
why wars go on,
why we just can't have world peace,
why there is a popular group and an average one,
why older siblings are mean,
why boys are annoying,
why Billy Maze died,
But most of all...
the great depression
E=MC square
why friends fight,
I do understand...
How people and things can live and survive!
I don't understand
ReplyDeletewhy we live
how God created the universe
why some people are so picky
But most of all,
why we don't understand
why scienctist are so smart (who they learn it from)
why only some people are physically fit
But what I understand most is
why plants grow
why dogs bark
how to find pi (π)
12 P
I don't understand...
ReplyDeleteWhy I am short,
Why my feet won't stop growing,
Why my sister moved out,
If the the world will end in 2012,
How tecnohogy got stared,
Where babys come from,
Why pandas are so cute,
If the world will grow,
But I do understand,
Is that I am me!
I Don't Understand....
ReplyDeleteI don't understand
why people have favorites
why people get mad, sad, happy, etc.
why people care about what other people think about them
But most of all
why people hate other poeple
why poeple kill people
why people kidnap poeple
why people disobey
What I understand most is
why I live
why I live on Earth
why I'm not an alien
why people think I'm lovable, smart, cool, etc., etc., etc..
you get the point!
that last part really is true!!!!:)♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥
I DON'T UNDERSTAND...
ReplyDeleteI don't understand
why peoople don't like me
why there are so many different types of fish
why peoople like differennt types of food
But most of all I don't understand
what flowers are for
why we are required to learn this stuff
I DO understand
what teachers are for
why I love horses so much
-14P-
I don't Understand
ReplyDeletei don't understand
why people litter
why people steal
why people hate
But most of all...
Why we have so much school
why we only have fifty states
Why we speack English
But What I Do Understand...
Why we have to clean
Why we have to get a good edication
Why we write
why we read!
I don't understand...
ReplyDeleteI don't understand
how we have bones
why the trees grow
why birds chirp
why people move away
why cats eat rodents
why the chicken crossed the road
why we sleep
why school exists
But what I understand most is...
how the moon glows
and what Pi is.
#15K
ReplyDeleteI don't understand...
Why God knows everyones name,
Why people refuse God,
Why people killed God,
But most of all,
How people wrote the bible 1,000's of years ago,
Why people hate each other,
Where did the religions come from,
I DO UNDERSTAND THAT GOD LOVES EVERYONE!
i don't understand...
ReplyDeletewhy we o to school for 9 months and get less than 3 off
why people mave such odd mood swings
why some people have 11 toes (i do not)
But what i don't understant the most is...
why people have best friens & enemys
why humans are the main animal of the world and elephants are not
why life only exists for so long
But what i understand the most is...
taxes & the econmy system
how different aminal have different ways to survive depending on there weight & size
I don't understand...
ReplyDeletewhy people kill,
kidnap and aren't nice to others,
why some people cannot go by the rules,
why people are racist,
bullying,
negative thoughts,
but most of all I don't understand...
flag football{long story},
I do understand
the simple but most meaningful things in life
[not flag football],
like laughs,
memories,
and why people smile.
I don't understand...
ReplyDeletewhy wars are started
why people hate things
why paper cuts you
I really don't understand...
why people hate MICHAEL JACKSON
why my mom loves brussel sprouts
why children are abused
I do understand...
why God created us
why trees grow
why the sky is blue