RSRT Y3 L5 Quick, Let's Get Out of Here

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Quick, Let's Get Out of Here: Poetry Lesson 5

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Questions about the book so far...

Picture Me

Which image is the best match for ‘spawn’?

True or False?

The only things still alive in the tank were snails.

False

True

Match Me

Match each word from the unit with the correct definition:

4 spawn

1 woodpecker

3 loach

2 tadpole

C a baby frog which has a tail and no legs

B a small, thin fish

A the eggs of certain animals

D a bird with a strong beak

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Link Me

Link each poem from the unit with the correct summary:

A) The poet waited for his mum and knew it was her even though he couldn’t see her face.

1 Newcomers

B) Most things couldn’t survive in the dirty environment but one type of creature could.

2 Platform

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C) The poet never met his grandad but loved wearing his grandad’s jacket.

3 Money Box

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D) This is the poet’s memories of two items he owned when he was younger and how each worked.

4 Snails

Speaking Spotlight

Character Monologue

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Character Monologue

Money Box – Perform the Extract

Practise first

Express yourself

Speak clearly

Imagine the scene

Understand your character

Eye contact

Gesture

Be confident

Then perform

Vocabulary

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Hover for definitions!

lengths

mile

lump of jelly

legs were like rubber

tremendous

muscles

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From: Quick, Let’s Get Out of Here by Michael Rosen © 1983. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.

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Thirty-Two Lengths

One Tuesday when I was about ten I swam thirty-two lengths which is one mile. And when I climbed out of the water I felt like a big, fat lump of jelly and my legs were like rubber and there was this huge man there with tremendous muscles all over him

From: Quick, Let’s Get Out of Here by Michael Rosen © 1983. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.

and I went up to him and said, “I’ve just swum a mile.” And he said, “How many lengths was that then?” “Thirty-two,” I said. And the man looked into the water and said, “I’ve got a lad here who can do ninety.”

From: Quick, Let’s Get Out of Here by Michael Rosen © 1983. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.

Strategy Stop

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Your turn

Practise & Apply

Use your text

Practise & Apply

1) On which day did the poet swim thirty-two lengths?

Thirty-Two Lengths

One Tuesday when I was about ten I swam thirty-two lengths which is one mile. And when I climbed out of the water

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2) I felt like a big, fat lump of jelly and my legs were like rubber. How do the poet’s words help you to understand how he felt after swimming?

Complete answers should note both the use of comparison (simile, like jelly, like rubber) and the poet’s feelings (tired, weak, wobbly, worn out). Examples:

• The poet compares himself to wobbly things to show he felt wobbly.
• The simile shows that he felt like jelly after doing too much exercise.
• The poet says his legs felt like rubber to show he didn’t think he could stand straight after swimming.
• The poet was too tired after swimming and felt like laying there just like a lump of jelly.
• The poet’s legs felt weak like jelly or rubber from kicking while swimming.

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3) “I’ve got a lad here who can do ninety.” How do you think the poet felt after hearing the muscular man say this? Circle two.

bored

proud

impressed

discouraged

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4) Which statement best explains the poem’s message?

Tick one:

You should only compete with people your own age, not people who are bigger and stronger.

You should feel proud of your own achievements and not compare yourself to others.

You shouldn’t brag to other people about completing simple tasks that anyone can do.

Someone will always be better or stronger so it is not even worth trying.

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Feedback: Who did what well?

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EchoRead

ChoralRead

ReadingStrategy

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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: Quick, Let’s Get Out of Here by Michael Rosen © 1983 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.