Jack Prelutsky
Lesson plans and teaching resources

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Biography and Background

An Interview with Jack Prelutsky
In this video interview (5:16) Prelutsky talks about his childhood, learning poetry in school and writing about food fights, dinosaurs and sports.

Jack Prelutsky
This 12-page handout has suggestions to develop literacy skills for several of Prelutsky's books: Awful Ogre's Awful Day, In Aunt Giraffe's Green Garden, The Frogs wore Red Suspenders, Ride a Purple Pelican, Beneath a Blue Umbrella, The New Kid on the Block, A Pizza the Size of the Sun, Something Big has been Here, It's Raining Pigs and Noodles, Behold the Bold Umbrellaphant and Other Poems, Scranimals, and If Not for the Cat. Adobe Reader or compatible application required for access.

Jack Prelutsky
Brief biography and links to these poems: "As Soon as Fred Gets Out of Bed," "Be Glad Your Nose is on your Face," "Bleezer's Ice Cream," "Dora Diller," "Last Night I Dreamed of Chickens," "Super Sampson Simpson," and "The Visitor."

Jack Prelutsky Performs Three Songs
In this video clip (7:28) Prelutsky performs "I'm Building a Bridge of Bananas," "My Brother's Bug," and "In the Everglades."

Young readers give their take on Jack Prelutsky
This video clip (2:30) includes Prelutsky performing and telling why they enjoy his writing.

A video interview with Jack Prelutsky
Biography, bibliography, several short video clips, and a transcript.

Lesson Ideas

It's Raining Pigs and Noodles
A dozen literacy activities.

Poetry Writing with Jack Prelutsky
Prelutsky guides students through a 4-step writing process that includes online publishing.

Scranimals by Jack Prelutsky
Summary, 5 activities, and 4 discussion questions.

Scrambled Animals
This lesson for grades 3-5 is designed to involve geocaching. Adobe Reader or compatible application required for access.

Six-Trait Writing with Jack Prelutsky and the Brothers Grimm
This series of 6 lessons is designed for kindergarten students. It uses Prelutsky's poem, "I do not mind you, Winter Wind" and other literature. This 27-page handout requires Adobe Reader or compatible application for access.

Teaching the Crocodile's View: Mimicking of Style to Overcome Grammatical Difficulties
This site includes a copy of the poem and a handout for discussion. It also has samples of student writing.