Etta Gold asked about bringing a poet to her school. If you collect some suitable poems, you can have the students read them aloud or do so yourself.
*The Hunting of the Snark* by Lewis Carroll has a tragic hero (the Baker) who is Jewish. You can see *The Annotated Snark* by Martin Gardner at http://www.scribd.com/doc/110512434/The-Annotated-Hunting-of-the-Snark This poem is divided into 8 "fits." A different student could read each fit. >From Fit the Fourth: "I said it in Hebrew--I said it in Dutch-- I said it in German and Greek: But I wholly forgot (and it vexes me much) That English is what you speak!" I sometimes write limericks. They are OK for librarians, but too risque for young students. For example, *Aphrodite as an Anthropomorphic Map *is a 6-verse limerick with side-notes that describe the Phoenician body-part map of Aphrodite in North Africa. Its toponyms sound Hebraic because Phoenician was also a Western Semitic language with a lexicon that was very similar to Hebrew. https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/2033458/Body_Part_Maps/Aphrodite_Map_pics.doc Pesach begins Friday eve April 3 this year. Hebrew lyrics from the Haggadah may be appropriate. The *Dry Bones Haggadah* illustrated by cartoonist Ya'akov Kirschen is especially suitable for kids. Every Jewish library with an English-speaking clientele should have a copy. I'll post a separate notice about it. If you order the hard copy now it should arrive in time for Pesach. The eBook will arrive very quickly. You can access the lyrics for *Adir Hu* and *Had Gadya* (2 files) in the public folder of my Dropbox. https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/2033458/DryBones/AdirHu.png https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/2033458/DryBones/HadGadya1.png https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/2033458/DryBones/HadGadya2.png Israel Cohen Petah Tikva [email protected]
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