I'm a Pirate Ballerina By Kenn Nessbitt

Kenn Nesbitt (b. 1962) is an American children's poet. He was named Children's Poet Laureate by the Poetry Foundation in 2013. He is well known for his humorous writing style, and his exploration of Contemporary topics.

I'm a pirate ballerina

On a pirate sailing ship.

In my purple pirate leotard

I like to spin and skip.

I prance around the poop deck

Leaping lightly on my toes

in my purple pirate tutu

and my bustle and my bows.

I wiggle on the rigging

And I dance around the mast,

shouting, 'Yo, ho, ho, me hearties!'

And, 'Ahoy there!' or 'Avast!'

I'm sure you'd think it's strange

to see me jump around and gyrate,

but this is rather normal

for a ballerina pirate.

If you wonder why I do this,

It's a fairy simple answer...

My mother was a pirate

and my father was a dancer.

1.
Write T for true and F for false for these sentences.
1. The speaker is aboard a pirate ship.
2. The speaker wants to be either a pirate or a ballerina.
3. The speaker is wearing a purple leotard and a tutu.
4. The speaker's movements are similar to those of a ballerina.
5. The speaker thinks that what she is doing is rather strange.
6. The speaker's father was a pirate.
2.
What is the speaker's profession?
3.
What does the speaker like to do on her 'sailing ship'?
4.
Why does the speaker think that the reader would find her jumping and gyrating strange?
5.
What reason does the speaker give for doing what she does?
6.
Why did the speaker decide to take up her profession?

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02 Mar 2025Masood A. M.

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02 Mar 2025Masood A. M.

English Brook Reader 6

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I'm a Pirate Ballerina

Kenn Nessbitt

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