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MM Jump Rope Rhymes:
Decades later, kids in Two Mills can be heard chanting this rhyme about the legendary Jeffery Magee.

Ma-niac Ma-niac
 He's so cool

Ma- niac, Ma-niac

Don't go to school

Runs all night

Runs all right

Ma- niac, Ma-niac
Kissed a bull!

Think about Maniac's many feats: Cobbles Knot, the Frog Ball, running on the rails...

Are there others?

Use these ideas to create a new verse of the rap/song.

You can fill in the blanks with your own ideas.

Do this work in your Readers Notebook

Think about the poem's rhythm. Make sure to match the syllable count for each line

How many verses can you create?

Ma-niac Ma-niac
 _________________ (3 syllables)
Ma- niac, Ma-niac
____   ___ ___  ________ (4 syllables)

Runs all night

Runs all right

Ma- niac, Ma-niac
_______  ____  ______ !(3 syllables)

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