0% found this document useful (0 votes)
83 views9 pagesUnit 9 Student Book
Unit 9 of cambridge primary english learner's book
Uploaded by
s.thudawattaCopyright
© © All Rights Reserved
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as PDF or read online on Scribd
0% found this document useful (0 votes)
83 views9 pagesUnit 9 Student Book
Unit 9 of cambridge primary english learner's book
Uploaded by
s.thudawattaCopyright
© © All Rights Reserved
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as PDF or read online on Scribd
A treasure trove
of poems
Ok
ee
on ere a Teed
eee
een en
Cute
Ce
Caer ment
eer ter
Srp
Se eer eee er)
he hai up
Then Isabel quietly ate the bear up.
From Adventures of abel by Ogden Nosh
© _ sntt-stomrer
Colossal-mover
Trunkswinger
cia Trumpet-blower
language at its most Woter-sprayer
Cc EU nucas?
Pee
peer
Tusk-bearer
Ear-flapper
Talk time
Is poetry an important or useful form of art?
Which is your favourite poem on these two pages?
» 3. What do you like about?
eee)
Different forms of poetry
as
There was an old man in a tree,
Whose whiskers were lovely to see
But the birds of the ai,
Pluck'd them perfectly bare,
To make themselves nests on that tree.
Edo La
‘You are old, Father William,” the young
‘man said,
“And your hair has become
And yet you imeessantly stand on your
head —
white;
Do you think, at your age, itis right?"
In my youth,” Father William replied to
his son,
But, now that 'm perfectly sure I have none,
‘Why, Ido it again and again.
From Aces Adventures in Wonder
“L feared it might injure the brain;
* Read a variety of poems
of poems
slithers sides across the
round
cavernous lorge, dark and
empty lke a cave
scurry run quickly with
shor steps
colossal very big
incessantly continu
without stopping
anticipation feeling of
expectation oho
spatters splash
small drops
A
drop
of rain is
like a sudden
knock at the door,
Unexpected, yet often
welcomed with a smile. It
can brighten your day oF ruin
your plans. Itcan make you laugh
* Recognise diferent types
for make you sad. Whether the raindrop
{s moving fast or slow, or fs big or small,
it always gets everyone's attention. A rain:
drop contains many secrets. It isa bubble of
‘anticipation and surprise. It cleanses the earth,
It feeds the flowers, and fils the holes. The
raindrop is never silent. It bangs on the
roof, spatters on the window, or
splashes into a puddle
A raindrop. ©) tere poeme 0a pags hd 4 te pom
9A Poetry Speaki
Pelee)
loud
types (1-6) below.
1
‘Appoem that soften sly or senseless, written in five lines with an ABBA,
thyme scheme. Itoften tells @ short, humorous story,
‘Apoem which s composed of 3 lines, each o phrase. The fist ine typically has
five sable, the second ine has seven and the last linehas ive
‘Apoem that describes an object ands shaped inthe form ofthe abject it
isdeseribing.
|Apoem made up of two-word phases describing someone or something,
using metaphorical language.
5 A poem that is specifically composed to be read out loud.
{6 A poem thats a conversation between two characters, with each character
‘expressing o different point of view.
Q meterterrens
1
6
oem A is describing an animal. Can you guess which animal? What,
literary technique is used inthe poem? How does this imitate the animal it
Isdescriting?
oem Cis also describing an onimal. Can you guess which one? Here are
some more two-word phrases describing diferent animals. Can you guess
Wich animal they ate describing?
‘+ Tummy-slider
© Heod-twister
© Tree-swinger
\Who are the two characters talking in the dialogue poem (E? Why Is one of
them not worried about doing headstands?
Which word in poem 8 means‘very hungry’ Find all the end-oline words
{nd phrases which rhyme.
Inpoem F, explain why o raindrop is tik @ knock atthe door. Find two
examples of how a reindrop has a postive effect on the earth,
What was the old mans facial hair used for in poem D?
© » pax coe cof tepotopatrtogee Dade howto male
Peer anaepiinegtanmnemmaeeart
reer
‘+ Recognise poetry feotures
'* Practise reading poems
‘+ Understand compound
words
faindrop isa compound word, A compound word s created.
when two or more words are combined to create anew word,
Examples: rain + drop = raindrop, foot + ball = football
‘Compound words can be written:
‘0s one word, such os newspaper, online, teapot
‘0s hyphenated words, such as one-third, eighty-six,
daughterin-low
‘05 two words, such os phone call ice cream, post office,
BD ecto eran psd sal he woes RETR
pean
brush cut spray dresser band style
BE ads eater ests emt
rr erred ora a na RE
/ ae emis Ga ete
Example:_sand pit _sand paper _sand castle _sand storm
1 cake cy
ihcndincusin om aha
2 tah root 5 pce
Oise
nl sp it ob
6 fos horse
