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Inspector Lee
Inspector Lee, he walks his beat,
Late at night, from street to street.
He looks at people passing by,
Is that young man an ‘I.I.’ ?
POEM
His friend’s a man called Mike Long, 5
Who rents a flat in Kowloon Tong.
They check steel grills and all locked doors,
Especially banks and jewellery stores.
They check the licence on parked cars, And question drunks thrown out of bars. 10
They even might come face to face
With triad gangs which they must chase.
Their job is dangerous night and day.
Shouldn’t they receive more pay?
1. What does Inspector Lee
do at night?
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2. Where does his friend live? ________________________________
Now answer these questions on the poem.
He walks in the street.
Kowloon Tong.
3. List 4 of the policemen’s duties.
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4. Why does the poet think that policemen should receive more pay?
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a) They check steel grills.b) They check locked doors.c) They check car licences.d) They question drunks.// They chase triad gangs.
Their job is dangerous.
5. Would you like to be a policeman? Why/Why not?
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6. This poem is made up of rhyming couplets. Can you find words which rhyme with the following?
a) beat _________
b) stores ___________
c) chase _________
d) day ____________
[open answer]
street
doorsface
pay
7. Now try and finish the following to create a rhyming couplet.
a) Policemen are trying all the time
To stop criminals committing __________.
b) They look carefully at every clue
To make Hong Kong safe for me and _____.
c) They catch the ones who steal and rob
Arresting thieves is their __________.
crime
you
job
8. There are 15 words about crime in the following word search.
Circle the words and write them on the lines below.K I D N A P P I N G
I X R Z V I C T I M
L Y U O P C L Q R W
L B G B B K U C D I
E U S U S P E C T T
R R T J X O S R L N
Y G E A R C F I N E
N L A I U K O M Z S
I A L L L E S E Z S
A R R E S T H I E F
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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kidnapping, killer, victim, suspect,
arrest, thief, drugs, steal, burglar, jail,
pickpocket, clues, crime, witness, fine
RAP
This is my familyThese are my mates
Everyone’s differentEveryone’s great
This is my fatherHe’s funny and witty
This is my sisterShe’s tall, slim and pretty
This is my brotherA serious guy
This is my motherShe’s clever and shy
This is my familyThese are my matesEveryone’s different
Everyone’s great
This is my uncleHe’s grumpy but
sweetThis is my aunt
She’s calm, kind and neat
This is my grandmaShe’s a hundred and
oneThis is my cousin
He’s friendly and fun
My friend Suzanna’shard-working and bright
My mate Robertis smart and polite
They’re all so cool, theywill surely agree
The coolest of all of themhas to be me!
This is my family
These are my mates
Everyone’s different
Everyone’s great
Friends and Family
1. After listening to the rap, look at the pictures of the different people and identify them.
1. ______________
2. ______________
3. ______________
4. ______________
5. ______________
6. ______________
7. ______________
aunt
sister
uncle
brother
grandma
father
cousin
2. Match the following synonyms (words with the same meaning). One has been done for you.
slim tidy mates attractive pretty thin clever well-mannered funny bad-tempered grumpy amusing neat friends polite smart
Now use some of the words to complete the following sentences.
1. I enjoy listening to __________________
stories.
2. Peter is really ______________. He always does well in exams.
amusing / funny
smart / clever
3. Don’t be so rude! You should learn to be more ______________________ to people.
4. My dad is always __________________ when he comes home from work because he is really tired.
polite / well-mannered
grumpy / bad-tempered
Across2. not lazy5. intelligent, clever7. not fat8. nice to other people9. finds it difficult to talk to othersDown1. good friend3. not untidy4. doesn’t get angry quickly5. doesn’t laugh much6. opposite of short
3. Now read the definitions of words describing people to do the following crossword.
m
a
t
e s
e
r
i
o
u
s
t
a
l
l
c
a
l
m
h r d w o r k i n g
m a r e
t
s i k n d
h y
POEM
Horrible Henry
Henry was hateful, spiteful, bad,
Teased the girls and made them mad
Horrible Henry hated Harriet
(Popular, pretty, happy-as-Larry-et).
Henry tied poor Harriet’s hair 5
(Two long plaits) to the back of her chair.
Stole her dinner-money, hid her shoes,Locked her up inside the loos.
Henry boasted: ‘My dad’s rich’.
Harriet said, ‘My aunt’s a witch’. 10
Henry said, ‘From what I’ve learnt
Aren’t any witches. All got burnt.’
‘Not my Aunt Dorothea,’Harriet said, and went to see her.
Dorothea waved her wand. 15
Henry landed in a pond.
Green and slimy, hopping mad,
He sits upon a lily pad.
Croaking loudly in Frogese
‘Kiss me, Harriet! Kiss me, please!’ 20
Now answer the following questions.
1. Henry played a lot of tricks on Harriet. Can you name 3 of them?
a. ____________________________
b._____________________________
c._____________________________
_____________________________
He tied her hair to the chair.
He stole her dinner money.
He hid her shoes. He locked her in the loo/toilet.
Any 3
2. What is special about Harriet’s aunt?
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3. What did Dorothea do to Henry?
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She is a witch.
She turned him into a frog.
4. Why do you think Henry wants Harriet to kiss him?
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5. Do you think Henry deserves his punishment? Give reasons for your answer.
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So that he becomes a prince.
[open answer].
6. In line 4,’popular’ and pretty’ are examples of alliteration. Can you find another example?
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Horrible Henry/ hated Harriet/ locked loos_ _ _ _ _ _
7. There are a lot of rhymes in the poem. For example, ’bad’ and ‘mad’. Find 2 more pairs of rhymes.
a. _______________________________
b. _______________________________
_______________________________
hair - chair rich - witchshoes - loos learnt - burnt
wand - pond mad - pad
Any 2
8. This poem has a moral (lesson) for the reader. What do you think the moral is?
_______________________________
_______________________________
_______________________________
Don’t be horrible to others or you will be
punished.
The Monster
Now choose the best answer to these questions.
1. Why was the monster unhappy?
a) He had no friends.
b) He was ugly.
c) He had two heads.
d) He had three tails.
STORY
2. How did the monster describe himself
in the advertisement?
a) Ugly
b) Lonely
c) Kind
d) Handsome
3. What was strange about Miss Wong’s letter?
a) She was not interested in a person’s appearance.
b) She wanted to meet the monster.
c) She thought a person’s character was important.
d) She needed a flower to recognise the monster.
4. Characters
We know quite a lot about the monster’s character and appearance. For example, we know he is:
kind
ugly
lonely
friendly
How do you imagine Mary’s character and appearance? Write some words in the box to describe her.
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[open answer]
5. What happens next?
What do you think happens when Mary meets the monster? Is she frightened, happy , surprised? Do you think they will fall in love? Write your ending to the story.
PoemThe Song of the Whale
Heaving mountain in the sea,Whale, I heard youGrieving.
Great whale, crying for your life,Crying for your kind, I know 5How we would useYour dying:
Lipstick for our painted faces,
Polish for our shoes.
Tumbling mountain in the sea, 10
Whale, I heard you
Calling.
Bird-high notes, keening, soaring:
At their edge a tiny drum
Like a heartbeat. 15
We would make you
Dumb.
In the forest of the sea,
Whale, I heard you
Singing. 20
Singing to your kind.
We’ll never let you be
Instead of life we choose
Lipstick for our painted faces,
Polish for our shoes. 25
1. In this poem, the poet uses a metaphor to describe the whale. What does he describe the whale as, and why do you think he chooses this metaphor?
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Now answer these questions.
He describes the whale as a mountain
because it is so big.
2. What is the effect of the repetition of the refrain, Lipstick for our painted faces, Polish for our shoes?
__________________________________________________________________To emphasise the reason we kill
the whales.
3. Why do you think the sea is described as a ‘forest’? (line 18)
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There are lots of plants under the water.//
The water appears green.
4. In line 17, what is the meaning of the word ‘dumb’?
a) stupid
b) sad
c) silent
5. What do you notice about the last line of each stanza? What is the effect of this?
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6. What message do you think the poet is trying to convey in this poem?
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It is much shorter to emphasise the
important words.
We shouldn’t kill whales for our own use.
7. What do you think is the overall mood of the poem?
_________________________________Angry/sad.
What a Wonderful World
I see trees of green, red roses tooI see them bloom for me and youAnd I think to myself what a wonderful world.
I see skies of blue and clouds of whiteThe bright blessed day, the dark sacred nightAnd I think to myself what a wonderful world.
The colours of the rainbow so pretty in the sky
Are also on the faces of the people going by
I see friends shaking hands saying how do you do
They’re really saying, I love you.
I hear babies cry, I watch them grow
They’ll learn much more than I’ll never know
And I think to myself what a wonderful world
Yes I think to myself what a wonderful world.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5IIXeR5OUI
Now answer these questions about the song.
1. The writer of the song uses a lot of images to describe the wonderful things he sees in the world. Complete the table below using the different images.
Natural world Human world
red roses happy faces
green treesblue skies
white cloudsrainbow
bright day
dark night
people shaking hands
babies crying
babies growing
2. The writer repeats the chorus line, ‘And I think to myself what a wonderful world’ several times. Why do you think he does this?
_________________________________To stress how much he loves the world.
3. Find words in the song which rhyme with the following:
a) too _________
b) by _________
c) white ________
d) grow _________
you
sky
nightknow
4. ‘Wonderful world’ is an example of alliteration. Find 2 more examples of alliteration in the song.
a) _______________
b) _______________
red roses
bright blessed
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_ _
5. The writer puts the colour adjectives after the nouns instead of in the usual place before the noun.
E.g. trees of green instead of green trees.
Can you think of a reason why he does this?
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___________________________________To stress the different colours. //It sounds more poetic.
6. How many different colours can you find in the poem? What are they?
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4 – green, red, blue, white (plus all
the colours of the rainbow).
7. Using the images below, write another verse for the song. Try and follow the same pattern and rhyming scheme.
e.g. I see lakes of blue, mountains of white,
A beautiful day, a moonlight night,
And I think to myself what a wonderful world.
Or use these pictures for ideas.