" If at first you don't succeed... What is the rest? It was a children's poem?
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"IF AT FIRST YOU DON'T SUCCEED, TRY, TRY AGAIN has been traced back to 'Teacher's Manual' (1840) by American educator Thomas H. Palmer and 'The Children of the New Forest' (1847) by English novelist Frederick Maryat (1792-1848). Originally a maxim used to encourage American schoolchildren to do their homework. Palmer (1782-1861) wrote in his 'Teacher's Manual': 'Tis a lesson you should heed, try, try again. If at first you don't succeed, try, try again.' The saying was popularized by Edward Hickson (1803-70) in his 'Moral Song' (1857).\n\nI prefer the W C Field's version: "If at first you don't succeed, try and try again. Then quit, there is no use being a damned fool about it!"
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(m)\n\nNice Poem..... what happened next......
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Here is a poem about english, I'm not sure if its the right one I think this might not be it because I know of another one but can't recall what its about, but this one's worth a try! Hope I'm right!\n\nhttp://pauillac.inria.fr/~xleroy/stuff/english-pronunciation.html\n\nor this one\n\nhttp://www.rocksforkids.com/FabFours/spelling.htm
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This poem is really a good poem... Yes it is a good peom... The meaning is not deep but when you want a deeper meeanig then put the words into your life then you will understand the real meaning of the peom\n\nDesiderata \n\nGo placidly amid the noise and haste,\nand remember what peace there may be in silence.\nAs far as possible without surrender\nbe on good terms with all persons.\nSpeak your truth quietly and clearly;\nand listen to others,\neven the dull and the ignorant;\nthey too have their story. \n\nAvoid loud and aggressive persons,\nthey are vexations to the spirit.\nIf you compare yourself with others,\nyou may become vain and bitter;\nfor always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself.\nEnjoy your achievements as well as your plans. \n\n\nKeep interested in your own career, however humble;\nit is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time.\nExercise caution in your business affairs;\nfor the world is full of trickery.\nBut let this not blind you to what virtue there is;\nmany persons strive for high ideals;\nand everywhere life is full of heroism. \n\n\nBe yourself.\nEspecially, do not feign affection.\nNeither be cynical about love;\nfor in the face of all aridity and disenchantment\nit is as perennial as the grass. \n\n\nTake kindly the counsel of the years,\ngracefully surrendering the things of youth.\nNurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune.\nBut do not distress yourself with dark imaginings.\nMany fears are born of fatigue and loneliness.\nBeyond a wholesome discipline,\nbe gentle with yourself. \n\n\nYou are a child of the universe,\nno less than the trees and the stars;\nyou have a right to be here.\nAnd whether or not it is clear to you,\nno doubt the universe is unfolding as it should. \n\n\nTherefore be at peace with God,\nwhatever you conceive Him to be,\nand whatever your labors and aspirations,\nin the noisy confusion of life keep peace with your soul. \n\n\nWith all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams,\nit is still a beautiful world.\nBe cheerful.\nStrive to be happy. \n\n\nMax Ehrmann, Desiderata, Copyright 1952
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If...by Rudyard Kipling\nIf you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs and blaming it on you; If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you, But make allowance for their doubting too; If you can wait and not be tired by waiting, Or, being lied about, don't deal in lies, Or, being hated, don't give way to hating, And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise; If you can dream - and not make dreams your master; If you can think - and not make thoughts your aim; If you can meet with triumph and disaster And treat those two imposters just the same; If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools, Or watch the things you gave your life to broken, And stoop and build 'em up with wornout tools; If you can make one heap of all your winnings And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss, And lose, and start again at your beginnings And never breath a word about your loss; If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew To serve your turn long after they are gone, And so hold on when there is nothing in you Except the Will which says to them: "Hold on"; If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue, Or walk with kings - nor lose the common touch; If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you; If all men count with you, but none too much; If you can fill the unforgiving minute With sixty seconds' worth of distance run - Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it, And - which is more - you'll be a Man my son!
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I keep my promises.  Unfortunately, I know some people who don't.  This is the worst when they promise children something.  I've seen it.  The child waiting anxiously for something which was 'promised' only to be let down when there is no follow through.  You see the look of 'hope' diminish in the poor child's eyes.  Having witnessed this one too many times, I always make it a point to keep a promise.  I won't promise the moon and stars if I can't make it happen.  This, I promise.
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Spell Check, Spell Check, Spell Check.\n\nI would see if you can come up with a better rhyme for the last line.
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the poem or the phrase?  Please explain in more detail.
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I would certainly try a few things to change this round a bit. \n\nWho and what is this poem about ?\n\nFrom your introduction we know but the poem does not tell us that. What emotions does this girl cause the boy to experience / suffer. Why does he like her so much ? What will happen to him if he does not tell her. What is the cause of his shyness, what is he afraid of. Does he think it would be better to suffer in silence rather than risk rejection etc.\n\nHow are you telling the story.\n\nAt the moment you have found a way to tell the basic story by using a lot of words that rhyme with each other, but you are restricting yourself by doing this. You have forced yourself to add in something with no relevance ( birthday in May ) just to keep the pattern going. Try mixing the rhymes up a bit or add a couple of lines between each rhyme. In this way you will make the poem flow more easily and allow yourself more room to develop the story you are actually trying to tell. If you think about songs you hear on the radio etc, think how they structure the words and take some inspiration from there.
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You won't know until you try. If you try and fail, then you know. If you try and do great, then you know. If you never try, you will never know.
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“What’s your name? "\n"Puddin Tane.\nAsk me again, and I’ll tell you the same.”\n\nAll I know is the it is considered a "traditional African American children’s rhyme."  I looked and looked...this was all I could find.
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"all the woulda-coulda-shouldas lying in the sun\ntalking 'bout the things they woulda-coulda-shoulda done.\nbut those woulda-coulda-shouldas all ran away and hid\nfrom one little DID".\n                                        -shel silverstein\n\n'twas hanging behind the counter at my job where i am right now...\n\nbig goals?!  it's like me to change or affect my little corner of the world.  spread a smile or a kindness.  do a deed, make an effort (even a little one!)   \n\nanother cause big yet small... do a part to keep the earth clean.  an extra trip to the recycle bin?  sure.  pick up trash and get strange looks from passersby?  yes.  little things...\n\nso far as children, i've tried to conduct myself as a role model when i'm around them.  someday, someday... :)\n\ni think you're planting seeds by asking this CW... sorry so few have had something to say, but even if they haven't spoken, perhaps they've thought?
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"Do or do not, there is no try"\n\n    - Yoda\n\n Good question! What about you!? =)
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Okay, it doesn't end with those exact words, but this is what I found:\n\nhttp://www.poetrybycharlescfinn.com/pleasehear.html
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Straaaange Question!  But I would think that since you wanted to fail and you did not, then you FAILED!
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This poem has more than 4 lines, but it is the neatest poem I have seen about the English language.\n\nWhen the English tongue we speak\nWhy is break not rhymed with freak?\nWill you tell me why it’s true\nWe say sew, but likewise few?\nAnd the maker of a verse,\nCannot rhyme his horse with worse?\nBeard is not the same as heard,\nCord is different from word,\nCow is cow, but low is low,\nShoe is never rhymed with foe.\nThink of hose and dose and lose,\nAnd think of goose and yet of choose,\nThink of comb and tomb and bomb,\nDoll and roll and home and some.\nAnd since pay is rhymed with say,\nWhy not paid with said I pray?\nThink of blood and food and good;\nMould is not pronounced like could.\nWherefore done, but gone and lone -\nIs there any reason known?\nTo sum up all, it seems to me\nSounds and letters don’t agree.
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Start out with something more familiar than a poem.  Why don't you get a familiar story (Cinderella) or even a story they have already read in class.  Have each student write one thing that happened in the story.  Group them into groups of 4 or 5 and have them share their sentence.  After wards the groups needs to put the sentences in order (sequence).  If they are missing the beginning, middle or end then as a group they need to decide on a sentence to make their sequencing more complete.  More often than not they have the whole story written out.\nYou need to also decide what you want to focus on when it comes to sequencing.  Do you want to just consider beginning middle end? Do you want to include problem and solution? Do you want to elaborate more and discuss First, Next, Then, After, Last (In the end...) Do you want them to sequence as a way of summarizing. \nIf you want your lesson to be about Sequencing, poetry may be a little harder for them to do.  You may want to try the poem part after you have taught sequencing with more familiar stories. A reason why she may want you to start with poetry is because sometimes they rhyme and they may find the order of it more easily if the poem rhymes.