Unit 15 Trouble with Animals
Listen up! Listen to your teacher talk. 1 What is the meaning of collapsed ? a) rocked b) slid 2 What is the meaning of commotion ? a) loud bang
c) fell down
b) noise and confusion c) terrible smell 3 What was the cause of what happened? What were the effects? 4 What do you think the policeman replied?
Reading 1
I’m a Parrot
I’m a parrot I live in a cage
I squawk I talk I curse I swear I repeat the things I shouldn’t hear
I’m nearly always in a vex-up rage
I used to fly all light and free in the luscious green forest canopy
I’m a parrot I live in a cage
I’m nearly always in a vex-up rage
I’m a parrot I live in a cage
So don’t come near me or put out your hand because I’ll pick you if I can
I’m nearly always in a vex-up rage
pick you pick you if I can
I miss the wind against my wing I miss the nut and the fruit picking
I want to be free CAN’T YOU UNDERSTAND
I’m a parrot I live in a cage
Grace Nichols
I’m nearly always in a vex-up rage
• Listen up! Read aloud the journal text from Listening Texts page 165. • Who is speaking in the poem? • Questions 1 and 2: Talk with the class about how to use context clues to work out the meaning of an unfamiliar word. Ravenous – a clue in the sentence (hungry); Cavernous – a clue within the word (cave) (page 124).
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