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Poem 4: All My Great Excuses (Level 2) Genre: Quatrain

The poem lists a series of absurd excuses a student gives for not completing their homework, including their pen running out of ink, their hamster eating it, their computer breaking, tripping and dropping it in soup, their brother flushing it down the toilet, their mother washing and drying it, an airplane crashing into their house and catching fire, tornadoes and volcanoes destroying it, books being taken by an evil clown, aliens abducting the student, having a shark attack, and pirates stealing it. The teacher finally tells the student it would be easier to just do the homework instead of coming up with so many excuses.

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Poem 4: All My Great Excuses (Level 2) Genre: Quatrain

The poem lists a series of absurd excuses a student gives for not completing their homework, including their pen running out of ink, their hamster eating it, their computer breaking, tripping and dropping it in soup, their brother flushing it down the toilet, their mother washing and drying it, an airplane crashing into their house and catching fire, tornadoes and volcanoes destroying it, books being taken by an evil clown, aliens abducting the student, having a shark attack, and pirates stealing it. The teacher finally tells the student it would be easier to just do the homework instead of coming up with so many excuses.

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Poem 4: All My Great Excuses (Level 2) Genre : Quatrain

All My Great Excuses by Kenn Nesbitt

I started on my homework, But my pen ran out of ink My hamster ate my homework My computers on the blink

I tripped and dropped my homework In the soup my mom was cooking My brother flushed it down the toilet When I wasnt looking

My mother ran my homework through the washer and the dryer An airplane crashed into our house.. My homework caught on fire Tornadoes blew my notes away Volcanoes rocked our town My books were taken hostage By an evil clown Some aliens abducted me I had a shark attack A pirate swiped my homework And refused to give it back

I worked on these excuses So darned long my teacher said, I think youll find its easier to do the work instead.

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