Unit 6 Unit 6 What have I learnt?
Can Do Skills
1 Listen to the poem. Answer the questions. 1 a) Who is smiling in line 2? b) Who is smiling in the last line?
2 What happened to the lady? 3 What is the mood of the poem? a) scary b) sad
c) funny
Read this poem. Answer the questions.
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Today, The sea is a sleepy baby; Gently wrinkled, nothing wild. Last night’s storm is like a dream As distant as a far-off star Forgotten like yesterday’s argument. Leonie Bennett 1 What is the main idea of this poem? 2 What is the mood of the poem? a) funny b) gentle 3 The sea is a sleepy baby is an example of a) onomatopoeia b) simile 4 As distant as a far-off star is an example of a) onomatopoeia b) simile
c) angry
c) metaphor
c) metaphor
Which poem do you prefer and why?
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4 Write five phrases showing possession. Use a word from each box and an apostrophe. Example: the boys’ tickets
the boys the driver two passengers my friends Mrs. Williams the dogs
tails bags face juice box cell phone tickets
5 Choose two of your phrases. Use each one in a sentence.
• Read aloud the poem from the Listening text on page 177. • Tell students that the poetic form of There was a young lady from Niger is a limerick.
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