Ten
Reasons Why I Shouldn’t Go to Bed
1 There is some kind of yeti in my room. It’s been threatening me.
2 I’ve been
studying philosophy, and I’m not even sure if my bed exists anyway.
3 Sleep is for the weak, and I am
strong, from which it follows that sleep is impossible. It’s a simple matter of
logic.
4 James from school says you swallow
spiders when you sleep. I don’t want to swallow a spider.
5 I found out that I have a deadly
disease – beditis – which means that I am allergic to beds.
6 I’m afraid that Justin Bieber might
come after me with an axe while I’m sleeping. He looks like that kind of
person.
7 This
television programme about donkeys is just sooooo interesting.
8 Oh, I forgot to say, our topic for the
whole of this year is donkeys! I need to
watch this programme!
9 I need to stay up so I can write a
letter explaining how much I love you. Did I ever tell you how much I love you?
10 I’M NOT TIRED!!!
The list could either be silly, like mine and Brian's, or it could be a bit more serious, like this one from poet Dean Atta. This will depend on the age of the children and the aims of the workshop. It could even be a really, really weird list poem, like this one by A. F. Harrold, entitled 'Cats are Better Than Fish':
