Minibeasts

by angela on January 28, 2012

minibeasts-with-words.jpg This rhyming list poem, includes a variety of minibeasts and includes lots of small references to their habitats and behaviour.

Caterpillars on the plants
Hidden hills lived in by ants

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Creepy crawlies on the ground
Minibeasts are all around.

Spiders’ cobwebs overhead
Squirming worms in flower beds

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Flies that do exactly that
Midges, greenfly, common gnat.

Earwig, grasshopper and bug
Dung beetle and slimy slug

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lady-bug.jpg Ladybirds (yellow or red)
Moths that flutter overhead.

Woodlouse, snail and centipede
The many-footed millipede

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Hear the cricket’s special sound
Minibeasts are all around.

 

This is a very basic idea of a list poem which, as it suggests, is simply written in the style of a list. This poem form is a good one for tying in with topic work, and creates itself an automatic rhythm by nature of the repetition.  Find out more by looking on the TEACHERS’ PAGE, DIFFERENT POEM FORMS, LIST POEMS above.

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