"100 Excuses Not To Have Your Homework"

Daniel
Gateway Science Academy of St. Louis.


"100 Excuses Not to Have your Homework" by Daniel Gateway Science Academy This video was taken at the 2011 7GP 7th Grade Poetry Contest Winner Event in St. Louis, MO. Read the poems of every 7GP winner at www.7gp.org. The 7th Grade Poetry Foundation (7GP) is transforming young lives and their classrooms through writing.

  1. My dog ate it
  2. My cat ate it
  3. My bear ate it
  4. My zebra ate it
  5. My snake ate it
  6. My zombie ate it
  7. My sister ate it
  8. I ate it
  9. It burst into flames
  10. I left it at home
  11. I forgot
  12. It was stolen
  13. I dropped it in the toilet
  14. I dropped it in the sewer
  15. A hobo stole it
  16. A rhino ran over it
  17. It turned evil
  18. It melted
  19. It flew away
  20. My pencil broke
  21. My pens were broken
  22. I couldn’t find it
  23. It got chicken pox
  24. I left my textbook at the portal
  25. I didn’t go roller-skating last night
  26. I had church
  27. I spilled soda on it
  28. I didn’t have paper
  29. The power went out
  30. Ummmm…..
  31. There were vampires
  32. I was sick
  33. I was kidnapped
  34. I got hurt
  35. I went to the hospital
  36. I was a hostage
  37. WE WERE OUT OF MOUNTAIN DEW
  38. Grocery store
  39. Grounded
  40. I snuck out
  41. It turned into a spider
  42. It turned into a frog
  43. It turned into a HOBO
  44. I was mugged
  45. It was too short
  46. It was too long
  47. It was too boring
  48. I saw a ghost
  49. I was abducted by aliens
  50. The aliens read it
  51. They laughed at it
  52. They disintegrated it
  53. We partied
  54. It rained and got wet
  55. It snowed
  56. I got lost
  57. My computer exploded
  58. There were pretty girls outside
  59. I went to a party
  60. It was locked in my closet
  61. (Give her an apple)
  62. It was in your apple
  63. That means you ate it
  64. I got a boo-boo
  65. A tornado took it
  66.  
  67. There wasn’t any, remember?
  68. You are getting sleepy
  69. IMPOSTER
  70. I dunno
  71. You are the homework
  72. Wait, what?
  73. What homework?
  74. Pull my finger
  75. (jump out the window) (Whoops!) (What floor are you on?)
  76. (faint)
  77. Put her in a nut house
  78. My pet died
  79. 7 days
  80. Santa came early
  81. He set my homework on fire
  82. My dad blew his nose with it
  83. It turned invisible
  84. I went to a concert
  85. I went to a movie
  86. I traded it for a game
  87. Circus freaks kidnapped me
  88. Why do you have two heads?
  89. I saved the world
  90. My brother became a werewolf
  91. I woke up under the bridge
  92. YAHTZEE!
  93. Happy Birthday
  94. Look, it’s snowing
  95. I went sledding
  96. There was a meteor shower
  97. AAAAAHHHHHH!
  98. Pie?
  99. I like cheese!
  100. (laugh in her face)
  101. 100.OMG! A giant turkey! Hey, look! It ate my homework, see!