Ready Steady Read Together
Collected Poems for Children: Poetry Lesson 5
Quiz Time
Start
Questions about the book so far...
Tick Me
Tick the answer which means ‘worn and in poor condition’:
Tick one
A battered
B shabby
Check
C ragged
Click if correct
D all of the above
True or False?
The poet describes his family using humour and silly rhymes.
False
True
Match Me
Match each word with the correct definition:
3 rumpus
4 bristles
1 spectacles
2 upright
C eyeglasses
B stiff, short hairs
A sitting straight
D uproar
Click if correct
Check
Link Me
Link each member of the poet’s family with the correct description:
1 My Sister Jane
A grew prize-winning flowers
2 My Brother Bert
B knitted a tea cosy for a camel
Check
3 Grandma
C kept ostriches in the closet
Click if correct
4 My Aunt
D wore a wig and thick blue stockings
Speaking Spotlight
Step Inside
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Step Inside: Bring your poem to life
How can you show how they feel?
What might they say?
Poem 2:My Brother Bert
Poem 1:My Sister Jane
What is around them?
How might they say it?
Poem 4:My Aunt
Poem 3:Grandma
How might they react?
How will their body move?
Vocabulary
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fine
spelling bee
peer
shrink
carver
intentions
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From: Collected Poems for Children by Ted Hughes © 2005. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
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My Uncle Dan
My Uncle Dan’s an inventor, you may think that’s very fine.
You may wish he was your Uncle instead of being mine –
If he wanted he could make a watch that bounces when it drops,
He could make a helicopter out of string and bottle tops
Or any really useful thing you can’t get in the shops.
But Uncle Dan has other ideas:
The bottomless glass for ginger beers,
The toothless saw that’s safe for the tree,
A special word for a spelling bee
(Like Lionocerangoutangadder),
Or the roll-uppable rubber ladder,
The mystery pie that bites when it’s bit –
My Uncle Dan invented it.
From: Collected Poems for Children by Ted Hughes © 2005. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
My Uncle Dan sits in his den inventing night and day.
His eyes peer from his hair and beard like mice from a load of hay.
And does he make the shoes that will go walks without your feet?
A shrinker to shrink instantly the elephants you meet?
A carver that just carves from the air steaks cooked and ready to eat?
No, no, he has other intentions –
Only perfectly useless inventions:
Glassless windows (they never break),
A medicine to cure the earthquake,
The unspillable screwed-down cup,
The stairs that go neither down nor up,
The door you simply paint on a wall –
Uncle Dan invented them all.
From: Collected Poems for Children by Ted Hughes © 2005. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Stop
Teach
Your turn
Practise & Apply
Use your text
Practise & Apply
1) A medicine to cure the earthquake…
Circle the word which has the closest meaning to cure:
cause
heal
spoil
damage
Reveal Answer
Practise & Apply
2) No, no, he has other intentions –
Only perfectly useless inventions
What does this tell us about Uncle Dan?
Tick two
He likes to invent things that are helpful.
He likes to invent strange and silly things.
He is bored with inventing things.
He is creative and enjoys making things no one needs.
Reveal Answer
Practise & Apply
3) Match the invention with the reason it is useless:
mystery pie
You cannot lift it to drink.
toothless saw
You cannot open it or go through it.
unspillable cup
It is unable to cut wood.
door that is painted on a wall
You can’t safely eat it.
Reveal Answer
Practise & Apply
4) Name two inventions that the poet wishes Uncle Dan would make instead of useless ones.
Acceptable Answers:
- a watch (that bounces when it drops)
- a helicopter (out of string and bottle tops)
- shoes (that will go walks without your feet)
- carver (that just carves from the air steaks cooked and ready to eat)
Also accept reference to ‘any really useful thing you can’t get in the shops’.
Reveal Answer
Practise & Apply
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
If you like this book, you might like...
To be a book lover, you could...
feel the rhythm.
Reveal
Tap your foot or clap along to the beat of the poem.
Copyright Notice
This document has been supplied under a CLA Licence with specific terms of use. It is protected by copyright and, save as may be permitted by law, it may not be further copied, stored, re-copied electronically or otherwise shared, even for internal purposes, without the prior further permission of the Rightsholder. Extracts sourced from: Collected Poems for Children by Ted Hughes © 2005 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.
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Ready Steady Read Together
Collected Poems for Children: Poetry Lesson 5
Quiz Time
Start
Questions about the book so far...
Tick Me
Tick the answer which means ‘worn and in poor condition’:
Tick one
A battered
B shabby
Check
C ragged
Click if correct
D all of the above
True or False?
The poet describes his family using humour and silly rhymes.
False
True
Match Me
Match each word with the correct definition:
3 rumpus
4 bristles
1 spectacles
2 upright
C eyeglasses
B stiff, short hairs
A sitting straight
D uproar
Click if correct
Check
Link Me
Link each member of the poet’s family with the correct description:
1 My Sister Jane
A grew prize-winning flowers
2 My Brother Bert
B knitted a tea cosy for a camel
Check
3 Grandma
C kept ostriches in the closet
Click if correct
4 My Aunt
D wore a wig and thick blue stockings
Speaking Spotlight
Step Inside
Explore
Step Inside: Bring your poem to life
How can you show how they feel?
What might they say?
Poem 2:My Brother Bert
Poem 1:My Sister Jane
What is around them?
How might they say it?
Poem 4:My Aunt
Poem 3:Grandma
How might they react?
How will their body move?
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
fine
spelling bee
peer
shrink
carver
intentions
Explore
From: Collected Poems for Children by Ted Hughes © 2005. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Let me read today's text
Explore
My Uncle Dan
My Uncle Dan’s an inventor, you may think that’s very fine. You may wish he was your Uncle instead of being mine – If he wanted he could make a watch that bounces when it drops, He could make a helicopter out of string and bottle tops Or any really useful thing you can’t get in the shops.
But Uncle Dan has other ideas: The bottomless glass for ginger beers, The toothless saw that’s safe for the tree, A special word for a spelling bee (Like Lionocerangoutangadder), Or the roll-uppable rubber ladder, The mystery pie that bites when it’s bit – My Uncle Dan invented it.
From: Collected Poems for Children by Ted Hughes © 2005. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
My Uncle Dan sits in his den inventing night and day. His eyes peer from his hair and beard like mice from a load of hay. And does he make the shoes that will go walks without your feet? A shrinker to shrink instantly the elephants you meet? A carver that just carves from the air steaks cooked and ready to eat?
No, no, he has other intentions – Only perfectly useless inventions: Glassless windows (they never break), A medicine to cure the earthquake, The unspillable screwed-down cup, The stairs that go neither down nor up, The door you simply paint on a wall – Uncle Dan invented them all.
From: Collected Poems for Children by Ted Hughes © 2005. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Stop
Teach
Your turn
Practise & Apply
Use your text
Practise & Apply
1) A medicine to cure the earthquake… Circle the word which has the closest meaning to cure:
cause
heal
spoil
damage
Reveal Answer
Practise & Apply
2) No, no, he has other intentions – Only perfectly useless inventions What does this tell us about Uncle Dan?
Tick two
He likes to invent things that are helpful.
He likes to invent strange and silly things.
He is bored with inventing things.
He is creative and enjoys making things no one needs.
Reveal Answer
Practise & Apply
3) Match the invention with the reason it is useless:
mystery pie
You cannot lift it to drink.
toothless saw
You cannot open it or go through it.
unspillable cup
It is unable to cut wood.
door that is painted on a wall
You can’t safely eat it.
Reveal Answer
Practise & Apply
4) Name two inventions that the poet wishes Uncle Dan would make instead of useless ones.
Acceptable Answers:
- a watch (that bounces when it drops)
- a helicopter (out of string and bottle tops)
- shoes (that will go walks without your feet)
- carver (that just carves from the air steaks cooked and ready to eat)
Also accept reference to ‘any really useful thing you can’t get in the shops’.Reveal Answer
Practise & Apply
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
If you like this book, you might like...
To be a book lover, you could...
feel the rhythm.
Reveal
Tap your foot or clap along to the beat of the poem.
Copyright Notice
This document has been supplied under a CLA Licence with specific terms of use. It is protected by copyright and, save as may be permitted by law, it may not be further copied, stored, re-copied electronically or otherwise shared, even for internal purposes, without the prior further permission of the Rightsholder. Extracts sourced from: Collected Poems for Children by Ted Hughes © 2005 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.