Flying Furniture

More from Joseph Fasano.

We did this poem template in class in a Mad-Lib style where I went round the students asking for the random words needed (without showing poem) and then we tinkered with it a bit at the end (showing poem)

There are days when I am Luis
and days when I am not
My heart is a smart climbing monkey in the morning
and a blue swimming whale at night
If only I could lift weights
I would be strong
If only i could let go of horses
I would be flying furniture
Fernando this poem is for you
To love you is to be flying furniture

Original Template:

The Wishing Wolf

I asked my A1 classes to choose an animal (wolf)

and tell me some things it CAN'T do (in the first person)

Some examples that they said:

I can’t fly

I can't put on shoes

I can't watch TV

I can't dance

I later asked my B2 class to use WISH and the appropriate structures that follow

it to think about what the wolf might wish due to the things it can't do.

Here are a few of the results:

THE WOLF

I can’t fly

I wish I had wings

I can’t put on shoes
I wish I had been born with feet

I can’t dance

I wish I had rhythm
I wish I could move my paws
I wish I wasn’t fat