Unit 12 What have I learnt? Can Do Skills
Read the poem. Answer the questions.
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Sugarcane When I take
But when I doing homewuk and same time playing bout Granny does tell me, ‘How can you work properly And play at the same time? Your brain can’t settle. I always telling you You can’t suck cane and whistle. You can’t suck cane and whistle.’ John Agard
A piece of sugarcane and put it to me mouth I does suck and suck until all the juice comes out I don’t care if is sun or rain I does suck and suck until all the juice come out
1 Which of these features of a poem can you observe in ‘Sugarcane’? a) stanzas b) rhymes c) repetition 2 Write in one sentence the advice the poet’s grandmother gives him. 3 The word ‘whistle’ is an example of a) alliteration b) metaphor c) onomatopoeia. 4 Find two examples of Creole used in this poem. How would you say these in Standard English? 2
List the alliteration and onomatopoeia used in these sentences. 1 The wonky wipers swished back and forth across the windscreen. 2 The shark’s sharp teeth shone in the sunlight. 3 The rusty old car rattled as it roared its way down the road. 4 The rain pinged on the old tin roof. Alliteration wonky wipers Onomatopoeia 3 Change these adjectives to adverbs. Example: quiet quietly 1 grateful 2 crazy 3 nervous 4 dramatic 5 sleepy 4 Complete the sentences with comparative or superlative adverbs. Example: My friend writes more neatly ( neat ) than me. 1 My mother always gets up the (early) in my family. 2 I live (far) from school than my friends. 3 My teacher advised me to speak (clear). 4 It was Malik who behaved the (responsible) after the accident.
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CR The poet, John Agard was born in Guyana. Tell students that the Creole he uses in this poem may be different from that used in their country. DA In Exercise 4 some students may need help identifying comparative and superlative adjectives.
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