Unit 3:

The Kangaroo said ...

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The Purple CowI never saw a purple cow,I never hope to see one;But I can tell you, anyhow,I’d rather see than be one. – Gelett Burgess

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King kookaburralaughing loudly at the skyto claim the morning

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In the texts1 Read the texts on pages 24–25.

a What type of texts are they? Why do you think so?

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b Who wrote The Duck and the Kangaroo? _______________________________________

c How many stanzas are there in The Duck and the Kangaroo? __________________

d How many lines does each stanza have? __________________

e Does each line begin with a small or capital letter? __________________

2 On page 24, mark the poem to show where the strong beats are, like this:

Said the Duck to the Kangaroo,

‘Good gracious! how you hop! Done

3 a Colour the rhyming words in the second stanza of The Duck and the

Kangaroo. Use different colours for different rhymes. Done

b In which part of the line does the rhyme come? _________________________________

c Which word is missing from the second last line of stanza two? ________________

d Does it matter? ___________________________________________________________________

e Is it missing because it would upset the rhythm? Yes or no? _________________

4 a What do you feel or think about The Purple Cow? _________________________

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b How many stanzas does it have? _________________

c How many lines long is it? _________________

d Does each line begin with a small or capital letter? _________________

5 On page 25, mark The Purple Cow poem to show where the strong beats are.

Like this: I never saw a purple cow. Done

6 Use different colours to shade the rhyming words. Done

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7 Read The Big Goanna and clap the rhythm.

a Was it easy? _________________

b Does it have a regular beat like The Purple Cow and The Duck and the Kangaroo?

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c Do any lines in The Big Goanna rhyme? _________________

d How many stanzas does it have? _________________

e Are the lines about the same length as the other poems? _________________

f How many lines begin with a capital letter? _________________

g Draw lines to match underlined words on the left with their meaning on the right.

in store for Bernie Wells myself

no way that could be true very strangely

curiously enough, I was there waiting

I saw it with my own eyes it’s impossible

8 Read the poem about a kookaburra.

Use the word bank to complete the text below.

Word Bank

Laughing lizards woodland brown insects hollows strong

____________________ kookaburras have white and ___________________ feathers. They live

in _____________________ areas. Kookaburras use their ___________________ beaks to catch

their food. They eat fish, _____________________, small animals and ______________________.

Their nests are made in tree ______________________.

9 The kookaburra poem is a Haiku poem.

What did you feel or think about when you read it?

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10 Read the kookaburra poem again. Write yes or no in each box.

a The poem has no title and no rhyme. yes

b The poem is very short.

c The poem says a lot in a few words.

d The poem catches a moment, just like a photo.

e Is there much action in this poem?

f The poem is in the past tense.

11 Which words in the kookaburra poem create the feeling of that moment?

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12 Write a slash mark [/] between each syllable on the poem below:

King / kook / a / burr / a How many syllables? 5

a laughing loudly at the sky How many syllables? __________

b to claim the morning How many syllables? __________

c How many syllables are there all together? __________

Read and learn1 Why did the duck want to ride on the kangaroo’s back?

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2 Which words in The Kangaroo and the Duck are silly or funny?

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3 Do you think The Big Goanna is a poem? Why or why not?

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4 Explain why Bernie Wells chased a goanna up a tree. Be creative!

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Your turn1 Write another stanza for The Big Goanna telling

what you think happened next. Set it out like a poem.

2 Think about a plant, animal or season that made you feel its beauty, peace

or sadness. Write a Haiku poem about it, with 17 syllables. Illustrate your poem.

First line with 5 syllables: _______________________________________________________________

Second line with 7 syllables: ____________________________________________________________

Third line with 5 syllables: ______________________________________________________________

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Poetry shows feelings and thoughts about people, things and experiences. It works through our emotions and imaginations. It may also rhyme. Poetry uses:

recount and description.

Draw your goanna here.

Poetry sh

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Speech

Poems use many punctuation marks but don’t always follow the rules.

Most other texts must follow the rules.

1 Circle in blue all the punctuation marks and capitals.

“Good gracious! How you hop!” said the Duck to the Kangaroo.

2 Circle the exact words the duck said in the following:

eg “I wish I could hop like you,” said the duck to the kangaroo.

a please give me a ride on your back said the duck to the kangaroo

b please take me a ride oh do said the duck to the kangaroo

3 Add the correct punctuation and capital letters to the lines in exercise

2 above. You may use single (‘ ’) or double (“ ” Done

4 Add punctuation marks (! , . “ ”) and capital letters to the following:

Who would have guessed the big surprise in store for bernie wells the day

he chased the big goanna up the tree! if someone else had told me this i

would have said no way a thing like this could all be true but curiously

enough for me i was there i saw it with my own eyes.

5 Is this still a poem? Why or why not?

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6 Complete the following lines to write your own poem.

Lines 1 and 3 must rhyme, and lines 2 and 4 must rhyme.

Please give me a _________________________________________________________________

Said the _____________________ to the _____________________________________________

I would __________________________________________________________________________

Said the _____________________ to the _____________________________________________

7 Add punctuation marks to your poem. Done

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8 Look at the poems on pages 24 and 25.

Find the following words and circle them in the matching colour.

pronouns and possessive adjectives

I my me you your he they

9 Who does all the talking in The Duck and the Kangaroo?

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10 Copy the line that the narrator says twice in each stanza.

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11 The Big Goanna begins with:

a statement an exclamation.

12 Who do you think the poet is talking to in the opening of The Big

Goanna?

himself the audience maybe both

13 Who said, ‘I was there, I saw it with my own eyes’?

the goanna Bernie Wells the poet

14 Who do you think wrote the poem about the kookaburra?

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15 Use would instead of ’d to write the following.

eg Who’d have guessed? = Who would have guessed?

a We’d go = We ________________________________________________________

b I’d rather see = I ________________________________________________________

c I’d have said = I ________________________________________________________

16 Write a list of words to use when you talk about poems.

stanza, rhythm ___________________________________________________________________