Christmas

INTRODUCTION
Ask students to share how they feel when they are waiting for Christmas to come. Tell them that you are going to share a poem with them that is about waiting for Christmas to come.

POEM

Waiting

By Maria Fleming

Each day that dawns,
yawns.
Each night that falls,
crawls.
Each minute that ticks,
sticks,

And I go on waiting…
and waiting…
Waiting’s the worst.
Because Christmas is coming

BIBLIOGRAPHY
Hopkins, Lee Bennett, comp. 2004. CHRISTMAS PRESENTS: HOLIDAY POETRY. Illustrated by Melanie Hall. New York: HarperCollins. ISBN 006008054X

EXTENSION
Ask students to list things they like to eat on Christmas, favorite smells, something they enjoy touching, special Christmas sounds and sights. Then have them write poems that tell why it is hard to wait for the holiday.

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