i have a little shadow that goes in and out with me
TRANSCRIPT
• I have a little shadow that goes in and out with me.
• And what can be the use of him is more than I can see.
• And what can be the use of him is more than I can see.
• He is very, very like me from the heels up to the head:
And I see him jump before me, when I jump in to my bed.
• The funniest thing about him is the way he likes to grow
• Not at all like proper children, which is always very slow.
• For he sometimes shoots up taller like an India-rubber ball
Rhyming words
Me --------------
Head ----------------
Grow -----------------
Ball ---------------------
Up ----------------------
Sleepyhead ------------
• ,• And he sometimes
gets so little that There’s non of him at all.
• One morning, very early, before the sun I was up,
• .
• I rose and found the shining dew on every buttercup;
• But my lazy little shadow, like an arrant sleepyhead
• Had stayed at home behind me and was Fast asleep in bed.
• ROBERT LOUIS
STEVENSON
WORD MEANING
Dew Drop of water found veryearly in the morning onLeaf and plants.
India rubber ball A ball that can bounceVery high
Butter cup A yellow flower
Arrant Bad
Sleepy Head Feeling sleepy
Rhyming words
Me --------------
Head ----------------
Grow -----------------
Ball ---------------------
Up ----------------------
Sleepyhead ------------
homophones
• In------------• Of ------------• Is ---------------• Heel--------------• I -----------------• See ----------------• To ------------------• Sun ------------------• Due ---------------------
Refer to context
He is very much like me ‘
From the heels up to the head
Who does he refer to ?
Who does me refer to ?Why are he and me
alike ?
WORK SHEET Answer the following Questions 1. What time of the day do think it is when your shadow is the tallest ? Why ? a) Morning b) Afternoon c) Night 2.
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Read the following lines from the poem and answer the following. i) Who is the poet of this poem ii) what is the title of this poem ? iii)when is your shadow the tallest ?