RIC-0205 Discovering Poetry
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Summer Berries<br />
Comprehension and Word Study<br />
Some of the berries in the poem are real fruit and some<br />
are imaginary. List them.<br />
An anagram is a word composed of letters that can<br />
be rearranged to make another word (e.g. pool/loop).<br />
Here are two words from the poem that you can use<br />
to make anagrams. Write your new word beside each.<br />
Find another word in the poem that can also make an<br />
anagram.<br />
(a) sour<br />
(b) near<br />
Find two different words in the poem that suggest cheerfulness.<br />
Select your own favourite berry and write two sentences to describe it. Try to use<br />
either alliteration (starting a group of words with the same letter; for example,light<br />
luscious loganberry), or assonance (rhyming vowel sounds; for example, Nan’s a<br />
fan for cranberry) in your writing.<br />
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Reread the poem and then write a sentence describing the mood of the person<br />
saying this rhyme.<br />
(c)<br />
Invent a new berry and give it a name and colour. Illustrate it and write a description.<br />
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