STAGE 1Unit focus: ChristmasText focus: PoemChristmas Dinner

I love Christmas dinner,Dad’s gravy is the best,

Granny’s stuffi ng is amazing,Mum’s turkey beats the rest!

I love the carrots and cabbage,Roast potatoes are divine,

But there’s one thing that shouldn’t be there,And they send shivers down my spine.

I drop them under the table,I hide them down my sleeve,

I poke them under the rim of the plate,Because they really make me heave.They are green and round and stinky,

So, I cringe when my mum shouts,‘Come and get your Christmas dinner,And make sure you eat your…peas!’

Only joking...SPROUTS! Yuck!

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STAGE 1Text focus: PoemChristmas Dinner

SPROUTS! Yuck!

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VOCABULARY FOCUS1. What does the word ‘cringe’ mean?

2. Which word means something smells?

3. Which word implies that sprouts make the author feel sick?

4. In the poem, which word means the opposite of worst?

5. Which word could be swapped for ‘amazing’?

VIPERS QUESTIONSE Explain why you think the author wrote ‘Make sure you eat your…peas’.R Where does the author hide the sprouts?R Find two things that happen to the author when they eat sprouts.I Which do you think the author likes the best – gravy, stuffing or turkey?S Did you like the poem? Why?

Answers

1. To suddenly move away because you are frightened or don’t like something.

2. Stinky

3. Heave

4. Best

5. Suitable suggestion such as fabulous, incredible, outstanding etc.

E- To play a joke on the reader.

R- In his/her sleeves.

R- They get shivers down their spine and they heave.

I- Suitable suggestion e.g. They use an exclamation mark to show that Mum’s turkey beats the rest.

S- Suitable response.

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