RIC-0205 Discovering Poetry

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This poem is about Themes Style Curriculum Links having a bad day rejection, feeling things are out of control, out of step with other people rhyming couplets, with a chorus; doggerel Doggerel uses rhyme to express an ordinary feeling or sentiment. These are the types of verse used in greeting cards. health – values, moods, emotions Page 43 1. (a) makes you sick (b) can’t remember (c) lost your hat (d) lunch box is depressing (e) stinking hot 2. Answers will vary. Teacher check 3. lunchbox, bike/flat tyre, pie, hat, cricket bat 4. witchetty grub (disgusting lunch); cockatoo (muddled brain) 5. Answers will vary but may include ‘to give the effect of going over and over something in your mind without solving anything’. • There are three references in the poem to friends. What conclusions can you make about this person’s relationship with his or her classmates? • What could the person in the poem do to improve his or her day? Small-group Work • Students brainstorm ideas on what makes days good or bad. They should discuss, and reach a consensus. They can then write a paragraph summarising the group’s opinions. • Students brainstorm a list of animals that are used to describe human qualities and feelings. Make three lists: (a) animals used to describe people in positive ways; e.g. lion, dove, tiger. (b) animals used as put-downs; e.g. snake, rat, chicken, weasel. (c) animal phrases used as metaphors or similes; e.g. to hog the limelight, to wolf down your food, slippery as a snake, blind as a bat, strong as an ox. ©R.I.C. Publications Low Resolution Images Display Copy Individual Writing • Students choose a creature to represent their best friend. They then write their own poem or short story that begins ‘My best friend is a/an …’. Focus on the friend’s positive qualities. ‘Jabberwocky’ from Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll The poems of Edward Lear R.I.C. Publications www .ricgr oup.com.au 41 Discovering Poetry ISBN 978-1-86311-834-7
This poem is written in doggerel – a type of comic rhyming verse. The poem reflects feelings and has a ‘nonsense’ stanza. This is a verse that is repeated, like the chorus of a song, to emphasise the feelings being experienced. A Witchetty Grub in my Sandwich Some days at school are not so good You can’t remember things you should Your friends don’t help—they laugh at you Your lunch box is depressing too There’s a witchetty grub in my sandwich And a cockatoo in my head And my brain won’t do What I want it to do And I wish I’d stayed in bed Your bike has a flat tyre when You need to ride it home again And you’re not in the team they pick You eat a pie that makes you sick There’s a witchetty grub in my sandwich And a cockatoo in my head And my brain won’t do What I want it to do And I wish I’d stayed in bed ©R.I.C. Publications Low Resolution Images Display Copy It’s stinking hot, you’ve lost your hat And someone’s nicked your cricket bat Your friends are mean—you let off steam The day seems like a long, bad dream There’s a witchetty grub in my sandwich And a cockatoo in my head And my brain won’t do What I want it to do And I wish I’d stayed in bed R.I.C. Publications www .ricgr oup.com.au 42 Discovering Poetry ISBN 978-1-86311-834-7
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