holiday memories
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Contemporary Literature Year Four
Anthology of Poems
Suggested Activities
and
Worksheets
By: Asmah Hanim Che Ani
SISC+ PerlisJabatan Pendidikan Negeri Perlis.
Anthology of Poems
Year Four
No. Poems title Duration
1. At the Playground 2 weeks
2. Clap Your Hands 2 weeks
3. Woodpecker 2 weeks
4. Holiday Memories 3 weeks
5. Sand Castle 2 weeks
6. Grandma’s House 2 weeks
7. Noisy Food 2 weeks
8. Sounds Like Magic 2 weeks
Total weeks 17 weeks
Holiday Memories
Suggested Activities
Week 1
About the poem. Word prediction
o Part 1: As per worksheeto Part 2: Enrichment, Teacher can prepare two project papers for this purpose.
Teacher can help pupils justify the relevance of the words in respective categories.
Week 2
About the poem. Draw an imaginative map of the places in the poem. List the verb, past and present tense Make words using the letters from the word ‘Hippopotamus’.
Week 3
About the poem. Pupils answer comprehension questions.
o Teacher can apply Kagan’s ‘Fan and Pick’ to brighten up this activity.
Day: ____________ Date: _____________
Holiday Memories
Based on the title, list down 10 words that you think will appear in the poem.
No. Word Appear in text?Yes
Appear in text?No
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Score
Compare your words and score with your friends.
Enrichment activity:
Pupils to write their words in two categories appear in text or did not appear in text.
Day: ____________ Date: _____________
Holiday Memories
How many words that you can make from the word
Day: ____________ Date: _____________
Holiday Memories
Based on the poem, answer these questions.
1. What was the main idea of the poem?
2. How many places does the author been to? List them out.
3. Based on the list, classify the places into:
1) Place in this world
ii) Place out of this world.
4. Which place do you think the author like most? Why do you think so?
5. Can you explain what must have happened when the author chased a band of pirates?