Unit 9
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L isten to your teacher.
I Love Johnnie Bake I love Johnnie bake, I love Johnnie bake. My mout water wen I think of Johnnie bake I in de kitchen wen Granma make Johnnie bake. Wen she grate coconut to put in Johnnie bake I eat de sweet sweet bits too small to grate. She warn me about belly-ache; but I cahn help it, I really love Johnnie bake. She kneading de flour an she whole body shake. I near de oven, where she bake Johnnie bake, looking at how she cuff de dough flat; and I cahn get enough of Johnnie bake. Nothing new! I love Johnnie bake! I LOVE JOHNNIE BAKE!
John Lyons
Discuss the questions. • What is the setting of this poem? • Who is speaking in the poem? • How does Grandma make the Johnnie cakes?
CR Ask the students to close their books while you read the poem aloud to them. Explain that it is a Creole poem from Trinidad. Compare the Creole used in this poem with Creole in your country, e.g. Which words are not used in your country? • Discuss with students which senses the boy in the poem uses: sight, smell, hearing, touch, taste.
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