Ready Steady Read Together
New and Collected Poems for Children: Poetry Lesson 5
Quiz Time
Start
Questions about the book so far...
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘muffle’?
Fill the Gaps
prowl
muffle
ravenous
When a sudden mist swirled in from the sea
to and blindfold the town,
those who were out – and I was one –
hurried for home, hoods up, heads down.
Legend claimed that the Monster of Ghosty Bog
would through the salty fog, ,
in search of a kid to bite and gobble and chew.
Discuss then check
Click if correct
Match Me
Match each word with its correct definition:
3 ravenous
4 poach
1 muffle
2 prowl
D move stealthily as if hunting
C extremely hungry
B to trap or catch
A make quieter
Click if correct
Check
Link Me
Link each poetic feature with its example from Tales of the Expected:
A a muddy toy...no girl or boy was safe
1 alliteration
Check
B suck your eyes like boiled sweets
Click if correct
2 personification
C a sudden mist swirled in...to muffle and blindfold the town
3 rhyme
D hurried for home, hoods up, heads down
4 simile
Speaking Spotlight
Performance Podium
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Performance Podium
Expression
Rehearse
Accuracy
Pace
Volume
Your performance piece is a verse from Be Very Afraid.
Vocabulary
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Hover for definitions!
hue
tint
sudden rages
pipe
has-been
absolute scream
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From: New and Collected Poems for Children by Carol Ann Duffy © 2017. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
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Little Ghost
Think of me as a child
who has swallowed herself whole –
gulp, gone –
leaving only
the colour of goat’s cheese,
the hue of a buried bone,
the tint of the last dab of vanilla ice-cream
in a cone.
I’m all alone
in the Library
with the old books;
have been for ages.
My smoky fingers can’t turn the pages.
I’m so-o-o bored.
From: New and Collected Poems for Children by Carol Ann Duffy © 2017. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
I make a portrait fall
from the wall
to the floor – CRASH –
in one of my sudden rages.
Scary. Spooky. Totally freaky.
I pipe my thin spirit noise
on the limy-lemony air.
Ooooooooo. Creepy.
I’m not here, not there,
untouched, unheard, unseen.
Think of me as a film
escaped from a screen,
a has-been,
an absolute scream.
Think of me as a late guest,
a gust of wind,
dancing dust on the air.
What is my name? Can you guess?
Do you know, you foolish scared creature?
My name is Little Ghost.
From: New and Collected Poems for Children by Carol Ann Duffy © 2017. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Stop
Teach
Your turn
Practise & Apply
Use your text
Practise & Apply
1) I make a portrait fall from the wall to the floor – CRASH –
Circle the word which best completes the sentence.
The word portrait suggests it is a picture of…
a family.
a ghost.
an individual.
a landscape.
Reveal Answer
Practise & Apply
2) Think of me as a late guest…
How does the phrase ‘late guest’ show the poet’s clever wordplay?
Tick (✓) all that apply:
Little Ghost compares itself to someone who arrives after the expected time.
Little Ghost suggests it is a visitor from the world of the dead.
Little Ghost hints that it is bad at keeping appointments and is often tardy.
Reveal Answer
Little Ghost is making a joke about being very old.
Practise & Apply
3) Name two comparisons that Little Ghost uses to describe its colour.
Acceptable Answers:
- goat’s cheese / the colour of goat’s cheese
- a buried bone / the hue of a buried bone
- vanilla ice cream / the last dab of vanilla ice cream in a cone / the tint of the last dab of vanilla ice cream
Reveal Answer
Practise & Apply
4) Draw three lines to link each poetic feature with its example from the poem:
personification
A Think of me as a film escaped from a screen…
Think of me as a late guest
onomatopoeia
B dancing dust on the air
repetition
C I make a portrait fall from the wall to the floor - CRASH
Reveal Answer
5) What does Little Ghost do to relieve her boredom? Use evidence from the text to support your answer.
Text Mark Evidence I pipe my thin spirit noise on the limy-lemony air...Ooooooooo.
Text Mark Evidence I make a portrait fall from the wall to the floor
makes spooky noises
knocks down hanging pictures
Also accept reference to trying unsuccessfully to read books – my smoky fingers can’t turn the pages
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
RevealEvidence & Answers
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
learn new words.
Reveal
Keep a notebook to write down and remember new words.
If you like this book, you might like...
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: New and Collected Poems for Children by Carol Ann Duffy © 2017 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.
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Ready Steady Read Together
New and Collected Poems for Children: Poetry Lesson 5
Quiz Time
Start
Questions about the book so far...
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘muffle’?
Fill the Gaps
prowl
muffle
ravenous
When a sudden mist swirled in from the sea to and blindfold the town, those who were out – and I was one – hurried for home, hoods up, heads down. Legend claimed that the Monster of Ghosty Bog would through the salty fog, , in search of a kid to bite and gobble and chew.
Discuss then check
Click if correct
Match Me
Match each word with its correct definition:
3 ravenous
4 poach
1 muffle
2 prowl
D move stealthily as if hunting
C extremely hungry
B to trap or catch
A make quieter
Click if correct
Check
Link Me
Link each poetic feature with its example from Tales of the Expected:
A a muddy toy...no girl or boy was safe
1 alliteration
Check
B suck your eyes like boiled sweets
Click if correct
2 personification
C a sudden mist swirled in...to muffle and blindfold the town
3 rhyme
D hurried for home, hoods up, heads down
4 simile
Speaking Spotlight
Performance Podium
Explore
Performance Podium
Expression
Rehearse
Accuracy
Pace
Volume
Your performance piece is a verse from Be Very Afraid.
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
hue
tint
sudden rages
pipe
has-been
absolute scream
Explore
From: New and Collected Poems for Children by Carol Ann Duffy © 2017. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Let me read today's text
Explore
Little Ghost
Think of me as a child who has swallowed herself whole – gulp, gone – leaving only the colour of goat’s cheese, the hue of a buried bone, the tint of the last dab of vanilla ice-cream in a cone.
I’m all alone in the Library with the old books; have been for ages. My smoky fingers can’t turn the pages. I’m so-o-o bored.
From: New and Collected Poems for Children by Carol Ann Duffy © 2017. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
I make a portrait fall from the wall to the floor – CRASH – in one of my sudden rages. Scary. Spooky. Totally freaky. I pipe my thin spirit noise on the limy-lemony air. Ooooooooo. Creepy. I’m not here, not there, untouched, unheard, unseen. Think of me as a film escaped from a screen, a has-been, an absolute scream.
Think of me as a late guest, a gust of wind, dancing dust on the air. What is my name? Can you guess? Do you know, you foolish scared creature? My name is Little Ghost.
From: New and Collected Poems for Children by Carol Ann Duffy © 2017. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Stop
Teach
Your turn
Practise & Apply
Use your text
Practise & Apply
1) I make a portrait fall from the wall to the floor – CRASH –
Circle the word which best completes the sentence. The word portrait suggests it is a picture of…
a family.
a ghost.
an individual.
a landscape.
Reveal Answer
Practise & Apply
2) Think of me as a late guest… How does the phrase ‘late guest’ show the poet’s clever wordplay?
Tick (✓) all that apply:
Little Ghost compares itself to someone who arrives after the expected time.
Little Ghost suggests it is a visitor from the world of the dead.
Little Ghost hints that it is bad at keeping appointments and is often tardy.
Reveal Answer
Little Ghost is making a joke about being very old.
Practise & Apply
3) Name two comparisons that Little Ghost uses to describe its colour.
Acceptable Answers:
Reveal Answer
Practise & Apply
4) Draw three lines to link each poetic feature with its example from the poem:
personification
A Think of me as a film escaped from a screen… Think of me as a late guest
onomatopoeia
B dancing dust on the air
repetition
C I make a portrait fall from the wall to the floor - CRASH
Reveal Answer
5) What does Little Ghost do to relieve her boredom? Use evidence from the text to support your answer.
Text Mark Evidence I pipe my thin spirit noise on the limy-lemony air...Ooooooooo.
Text Mark Evidence I make a portrait fall from the wall to the floor
makes spooky noises
knocks down hanging pictures
Also accept reference to trying unsuccessfully to read books – my smoky fingers can’t turn the pages
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
RevealEvidence & Answers
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
learn new words.
Reveal
Keep a notebook to write down and remember new words.
If you like this book, you might like...
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: New and Collected Poems for Children by Carol Ann Duffy © 2017 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.
muffle
prowl
ravenous