When Ward gets up from his chair and goes to his desk to help Beaver write the poem the newspaper that he was just reading is shown already sitting on the chair behind him.
When Wally is shown talking at breakfast on the day Beaver reads the first poem there is a stack of school books with a brown paper bag lunch on them as well as a lunch box on the counter behind him. Then on the following Monday when Beaver reads the second poem at breakfast and Wally is speaking the same books and lunches is shown behind him in the exact same configuration.
When Beaver comes to Ward to first get help writing his poem, Ward asks when the poem is due. Beaver says, "tomorrow." It had been assigned three weeks ago. Beaver says," I gotta have it by tomorrow, or I'll be in big trouble!" Later on, we learn that Ward makes a special Saturday appointment to talk to Mrs. Rayburn about the poem. Therefore, the poem could not have been due "tomorrow" but due on Monday. As Mrs. Rayburn suggests to Ward, "Suppose we let Beaver write his own poem between now and Monday.
In actuality by the time Ward has the Saturday appointment the original poem had already been written, submitted, and won a prize.
In actuality by the time Ward has the Saturday appointment the original poem had already been written, submitted, and won a prize.