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The Complete Nonsense of Edward Lear: Poetry Lesson 4

What do you think you know?

What?
Who?
Why?
Where?
How?
When?

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What do you know and think?

For his Hat was a hundred and two feet wide…

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From: The Complete Nonsense of Edward Lear by Edward Lear © 2015. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.

Today's Question(s)

A) What impression do you get of the Quangle Wangle from the poem?

B) Which real creatures created their homes on the Quangle Wangle’s hat?

C) Which imaginary or fantastical creatures created their homes on the Quangle Wangle’s hat?

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The Quangle Wangle’s Hat

I On the top of the Crumpetty Tree The Quangle Wangle sat, But his face you could not see, On account of his Beaver Hat. For his Hat was a hundred and two feet wide, With ribbons and bibbons on every side And bells, and buttons, and loops, and lace, So that nobody could ever see the face Of the Quangle Wangle Quee.

II The Quangle Wangle said To himself on the Crumpetty Tree, – “Jam; and jelly; and bread; Are the best food for me! But the longer I live on this Crumpetty Tree The plainer than ever it seems to me That very few people come this way And that life on the whole is far from gay!” Said the Quangle Wangle Quee.

From: The Complete Nonsense of Edward Lear by Edward Lear © 2015. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.

III But there came to the Crumpetty Tree, Mr. and Mrs. Canary; And they said, – “Did you ever see Any spot so charmingly airy? May we build a nest on your lovely hat? Mr. Quangle Wangle, grant us that! O please let us come and build a nest Of whatever material suits you best, Mr. Quangle Wangle Quee!”

IV And besides, to the Crumpetty Tree Came the Stork, the Duck, and the Owl; The Snail, and the Bumble-Bee, The Frog, and the Fimble Fowl; (The Fimble Fowl, with a Corkscrew leg;) And all of them said, – We humbly beg, “We may build our homes on your lovely Hat, – Mr. Quangle Wangle, grant us that! Mr. Quangle Wangle Quee!”

From: The Complete Nonsense of Edward Lear by Edward Lear © 2015. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.

V And the Golden Grouse came there, And the Pobble who has no toes, – And the small Olympian bear, – And the Dong with a luminous nose. And the Blue Baboon, who played the flute, – And the Orient Calf from the Land of Tute, – And the Attery Squash, and the Bisky Bat, – All came and built on the lovely Hat Of the Quangle Wangle Quee.

VI And the Quangle Wangle said To himself on the Crumpetty Tree, – “When all these creatures move What a wonderful noise there’ll be!” And at night by the light of the Mulberry moon They danced to the Flute of the Blue Baboon, On the broad green leaves of the Crumpetty Tree, And all were as happy as happy could be, With the Quangle Wangle Quee.

From: The Complete Nonsense of Edward Lear by Edward Lear © 2015. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.

Vocabulary

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plainer

charmingly

gay

grant

humbly

luminous

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From: The Complete Nonsense of Edward Lear by Edward Lear © 2015. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.

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plainer

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II The Quangle Wangle said To himself on the Crumpetty Tree, – “Jam; and jelly; and bread; Are the best food for me! But the longer I live on this Crumpetty Tree The plainer than ever it seems to me That very few people come this way And that life on the whole is far from gay!” Said the Quangle Wangle Quee.

Reveal Vocabulary

From: The Complete Nonsense of Edward Lear by Edward Lear © 2015. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.

plainer

Your turn

gay

Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner

charmingly

grant

humbly

luminous

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Reveal Vocabulary

The Quangle Wangle’s Hat

I On the top of the Crumpetty Tree The Quangle Wangle sat, But his face you could not see, On account of his Beaver Hat. For his Hat was a hundred and two feet wide, With ribbons and bibbons on every side And bells, and buttons, and loops, and lace, So that nobody could ever see the face Of the Quangle Wangle Quee.

II The Quangle Wangle said To himself on the Crumpetty Tree, – “Jam; and jelly; and bread; Are the best food for me! But the longer I live on this Crumpetty Tree The plainer than ever it seems to me That very few people come this way And that life on the whole is far from gay!” Said the Quangle Wangle Quee.

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From: The Complete Nonsense of Edward Lear by Edward Lear © 2015. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.

Reveal Vocabulary

III But there came to the Crumpetty Tree, Mr. and Mrs. Canary; And they said, – “Did you ever see Any spot so charmingly airy? May we build a nest on your lovely hat? Mr. Quangle Wangle, grant us that! O please let us come and build a nest Of whatever material suits you best, Mr. Quangle Wangle Quee!”

IV And besides, to the Crumpetty Tree Came the Stork, the Duck, and the Owl; The Snail, and the Bumble-Bee, The Frog, and the Fimble Fowl; (The Fimble Fowl, with a Corkscrew leg;) And all of them said, – We humbly beg, “We may build our homes on your lovely Hat, – Mr. Quangle Wangle, grant us that! Mr. Quangle Wangle Quee!”

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From: The Complete Nonsense of Edward Lear by Edward Lear © 2015. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.

Reveal Vocabulary

V And the Golden Grouse came there, And the Pobble who has no toes, – And the small Olympian bear, – And the Dong with a luminous nose. And the Blue Baboon, who played the flute, – And the Orient Calf from the Land of Tute, – And the Attery Squash, and the Bisky Bat, – All came and built on the lovely Hat Of the Quangle Wangle Quee.

VI And the Quangle Wangle said To himself on the Crumpetty Tree, – “When all these creatures move What a wonderful noise there’ll be!” And at night by the light of the Mulberry moon They danced to the Flute of the Blue Baboon, On the broad green leaves of the Crumpetty Tree, And all were as happy as happy could be, With the Quangle Wangle Quee.

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From: The Complete Nonsense of Edward Lear by Edward Lear © 2015. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.

Fluency

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All came and built on the lovely Hat Of the Quangle Wangle Quee. And the Quangle Wangle said To himself on the Crumpetty Tree, – “When all these creatures move What a wonderful noise there’ll be!” And at night by the light of the Mulberry moon They danced to the Flute of the Blue Baboon, On the broad green leaves of the Crumpetty Tree, And all were as happy as happy could be, With the Quangle Wangle Quee.

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From: The Complete Nonsense of Edward Lear by Edward Lear © 2015. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.

My Turn
Your Turn

Echo Read

All came and built on the lovely Hat Of the Quangle Wangle Quee.

And the Quangle Wangle said To himself on the Crumpetty Tree, –

“When all these creatures move What a wonderful noise there’ll be!”

And at night by the light of the Mulberry moon

They danced to the Flute of the Blue Baboon,

On the broad green leaves of the Crumpetty Tree,

And all were as happy as happy could be

With the Quangle Wangle Quee.

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From: The Complete Nonsense of Edward Lear by Edward Lear © 2015. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.

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Choral Read

All came and built on the lovely Hat Of the Quangle Wangle Quee. And the Quangle Wangle said To himself on the Crumpetty Tree, – “When all these creatures move What a wonderful noise there’ll be!” And at night by the light of the Mulberry moon They danced to the Flute of the Blue Baboon, On the broad green leaves of the Crumpetty Tree, And all were as happy as happy could be, With the Quangle Wangle Quee.

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From: The Complete Nonsense of Edward Lear by Edward Lear © 2015. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.

Strategy Focus

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Strategy: Read Between the Lines

A) What impression do you get of the Quangle Wangle from the poem?

Be a detective and look for clues!

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Reveal Text Marks

I On the top of the Crumpetty Tree The Quangle Wangle sat, But his face you could not see, On account of his Beaver Hat.

A) What impression do you get of the Quangle Wangle from the poem?

Reveal Explainer

The nonsense words ‘Crumpetty Tree’ suggest that the creature lives in an unusual or magical setting. The invented name ‘Quangle Wangle’ suggest that it is an strange, fantastical creature that resides in a faraway nonsense world.

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From: The Complete Nonsense of Edward Lear by Edward Lear © 2015. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.

Strategy Stop

What else could you use to answer today's question(s)?

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Your Turn

A) What impression do you get of the Quangle Wangle from the poem?

B) Which real creatures created their homes on the Quangle Wangle’s hat?

C) Which imaginary or fantastical creatures created their homes on the Quangle Wangle’s hat?

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Text Mark Evidence - his face you could not see, on account of his Beaver hat - nobody could ever see the face of the Quangle Wangle Quee

elusive or mysterious

Acceptable Answers

Text Mark Evidence his Hat was a hundred and two feet wide, with ribbons and bibbons on every side and bells, and buttons, and loops and lace

eccentric, unusual or creative

A) What impression do you get of the Quangle Wangle from the poem?

Text Mark Evidence very few people come this way and that life on the whole is far from gay

lonely or isolated

Text Mark Evidence all came and built on the lovely Hat of the Quangle Wangle Quee

welcoming, accepting and generous

enjoys company, bustle and noise

Text Mark Evidence when all these creatures move what a wonderful noise there’ll be

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sociable and companionable

Text Mark Evidence they danced to the flute of the Blue Baboon

Text Mark Evidence all were as happy as happy could be

happy and content at the end

Acceptable Answers

Text Mark Evidence Mr. and Mrs. Canary

B) Which real creatures build their homes on the Quangle Wangle’s hat?

Text Mark Evidence the Stork

Text Mark Evidence the Duck

Text Mark Evidence the Owl

Text Mark Evidence the Snail

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Text Mark Evidence the Bumble-Bee

Text Mark Evidence the Frog

Practise & Apply

Acceptable Answers

Text Mark Evidence the Fimble Fowl (with a Corkscrew leg)

Text Mark Evidence the Golden Grouse

Text Mark Evidence the Pobble (who has no toes)

C) Which imaginary or fantastical creatures created their homes on the Quangle Wangle’s hat?

Text Mark Evidence the small Olympian bear

Text Mark Evidence the Dong (with a luminous nose)

Text Mark Evidence the Blue Baboon (who played the flute)

Text Mark Evidence the Orient Calf (from the Land of Tute)

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Text Mark Evidence the Attery Squash

Text Mark Evidence the Bisky Bat

Practise & Apply

Quiz Time

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Picture Me

Which image is the best match for ‘luminous’?

Match Me

Match each word with its correct definition:

4) humbly

1) plainer

2) charmingly

3) grant

C) to allow or give permission

B) more obvious or clearer

A) modestly and politely

D) pleasantly or delightfully

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Check

Link Me

Link each creature from the poem with the correct description to create a sentence:

1) The Fimble Fowl

A) has no toes.

2) The Pobble

B) has a corkscrew leg.

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3) The Dong

C) has a luminous nose.

Click if correct

4) The Blue Baboon

D) played the flute.

Sequence Me

Put the events from the poem in the correct order:

A) Mr. and Mrs. Canary admired the hat and asked to build their nest upon it.

B) The Quangle Wangle danced with the creatures to the light of the Mulberry moon.

C) Many other strange and wonderful creatures made their home on the hat.

D) The Quangle Wangle noted that few people pass the Crumpetty Tree.

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Check

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ReadingStrategy

Answers & Text Marks

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To be a book lover, you could...

write your own poetry.

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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: The Complete Nonsense of Edward Lear by Edward Lear © 2015 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.