Today, Rena challenged us to write a fractured nursery rhyme. She gave us a link to Kenn Nesbitt's lesson on how to do it and it was very helpful! It's very similar to the way I write song parodies. I'm actually working on a fractured fairy tale picture book incorporating characters and story lines from several nursery rhymes so this was right up my alley.
M is for Mother Goose
Humpty Dumpty scaled the King's wall.
Humpty Dumpty crashed the King's ball.
No one would dance with him - why do you think?
His shell had a crack in it - boy, did he stink!
Here's how to sign EGG:
Here's how to sign BALL (party):
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