THE ALIENS HAVE LENDED KENN NESBITT The aliens

THE ALIENS HAVE LENDED KENN NESBITT

The aliens have landed! It's distressing, but they're here. They piloted their flying saucer through our atmosphere. They landed like a meteor engulfed in smoke and flame. Then out they climbed immersed in slime and burbled as they came. Their hands are greasy tentacles. Their heads are weird machines. Their bodies look like cauliflower and smell like dead sardines. Their blood is liquid helium. Their eyes are made of granite. Their breath exudes the stench of foods from some unearthly planet. And if you want to see these sickly, unattractive creatures, you'll find them working in your school; they all got jobs as teachers. 5 10 15 20 VOCABULARY: Engulfed: to swallow up or submerge Exudes: to ooze out gradually Immersed: surrounded by a liquid Granite: a type of very hard STANZAZ: rock A series of lines in a poem that are grouped together. CIRCLE ALL THE STANZAS IN THE POEM

The aliens have landed! It's distressing, but they're here. They piloted their flying saucer through our atmosphere. They landed like a meteor engulfed in smoke and flame. Then out they climbed immersed in slime and burbled as they came. Their hands are greasy tentacles. Their heads are weird machines. Their bodies look like cauliflower and smell like dead sardines. Their blood is liquid helium. Their eyes are made of granite. Their breath exudes the stench of foods from some unearthly planet. And if you want to see these sickly, unattractive creatures, you'll find them working in your school; they all got jobs as teachers. NUMBER THE LINES IN EACH OF THE STANZAS 5 10 15 20 RHYME - COUPLET: Two lines that follow each other that rhyme. ALTERNATE-COUPLET: Has a non rhyming line in between the two rhyming lines. HIGHLIGHT ALL THE COUPLETS/ALTENATE IN THE POEM

The aliens have landed! It's distressing, but they're here. They piloted their flying saucer through our atmosphere. They landed like a meteor engulfed in smoke and flame. Then out they climbed immersed in slime and burbled as they came. Their hands are greasy tentacles. Their heads are weird machines. Their bodies look like cauliflower and smell like dead sardines. Their blood is liquid helium. Their eyes are made of granite. Their breath exudes the stench of foods from some unearthly planet. And if you want to see these sickly, unattractive creatures, you'll find them working in your school; they all got jobs as teachers. 5 10 15 20 SIMILE: WHERE TWO OR MORE THINGS ARE COMPARED USING ‘LIKE’ OR ‘AS’ HIGHLIGHT ALL THE SIMILES IN THE POEM

The aliens have landed! It's distressing, but they're here. They piloted their flying saucer through our atmosphere. They landed like a meteor engulfed in smoke and flame. Then out they climbed immersed in slime and burbled as they came. Their hands are greasy tentacles. Their heads are weird machines. Their bodies look like cauliflower and smell like dead sardines. Their blood is liquid helium. Their eyes are made of granite. Their breath exudes the stench of foods from some unearthly planet. And if you want to see these sickly, unattractive creatures, you'll find them working in your school; they all got jobs as teachers. 5 IMAGERY: WORDS OR PHRASES THAT CREATE A CLEAR PICTURE IN THE MIND. HIGHLIGHT ALL THE IMAGERY IN THE POEM 10 15 20

The aliens have landed! It's distressing, but they're here. They piloted their flying saucer through our atmosphere. They landed like a meteor engulfed in smoke and flame. Then out they climbed immersed in slime and burbled as they came. Their hands are greasy tentacles. Their heads are weird machines. Their bodies look like cauliflower and smell like dead sardines. Their blood is liquid helium. Their eyes are made of granite. Their breath exudes the stench of foods from some unearthly planet. And if you want to see these sickly, unattractive creatures, you'll find them working in your school; they all got jobs as teachers. 5 10 15 20 SOUND IMAGERY – USE OF SOUND WORDS TO CREAT A CLEAR HIGHLIGHT ALL THE SOUND IMAGERY IN THE POEM

The aliens have landed! It's distressing, but they're here. They piloted their flying saucer through our atmosphere. They landed like a meteor engulfed in smoke and flame. Then out they climbed immersed in slime and burbled as they came. Their hands are greasy tentacles. Their heads are weird machines. Their bodies look like cauliflower and smell like dead sardines. Their blood is liquid helium. Their eyes are made of granite. Their breath exudes the stench of foods from some unearthly planet. And if you want to see these sickly, unattractive creatures, you'll find them working in your school; they all got jobs as teachers. 5 10 15 20 SMELL IMAGERY – THE USE OF WORDS TO CREATE A CLEAR PICTURE OF SMELL. HIGHLIGHT ALL THE SMELL IMAGERY IN THE POEM