If you are not sleeping ...

If you are not sleeping ...

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This task is about understanding a poem and the language used.
Read the poem Night Noises by Joy Watson (Junior Journal 4, 1998). Then answer the following questions.
 

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a)  What are the three animals in this poem?
          

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b)  The words "night" and "fight" rhyme. Write down two other pairs of words in the poem that rhyme with each other.
      i)      rhymes with   

      ii)     rhymes with   

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c)  The words "spitting", "hissing", and "scratching" are action verbs.
 
     Write down two other action verbs that are in the poem.
          

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d) The words "spitting" and "scratching" start with the same sound and are placed together to make the poem sound interesting.     
     
Write down two other sets of words from the poem which are next to each other and start with the same sound.
      i)       and   
      ii)      and     

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e)  Write a title to go with this poem.
     
Task administration: 
This task can be completed with pen and paper or online (without auto marking).
Level:
2
Curriculum info: 
Key Competencies: 
Description of task: 
Students read a poem to answer questions that focus on the language used. Text provided.
Curriculum Links: 
Links to the Literacy Learning Progressions for Reading:
This resource helps to identify students’ ability to:
  • recognise language features
  • use comprehension strategies
as described in the Literacy Learning Progressions for Reading at: http://www.literacyprogressions.tki.org.nz/The-Structure-of-the-Progressions.
Learning Progression Frameworks
This resource can provide evidence of learning associated with within the Reading Learning Progressions Frameworks.
Read more about the Learning Progressions Frameworks.
Answers/responses: 
 

Y4 (11/1999)

a)

Cats, dogs, hedgehogs

very easy

b)

Any 2 of:

  • "chasing", "racing"
  • "howling", "prowling"
  • "dark", "bark"
  • "reply", "sky"
  • "sleep", "creep"
  • "pass", "grass"

2 correct – very easy

1 correct – very easy

c)

Accept any 2 action verbs from the poem, e.g., shouting, howling.

2 correct – easy

1 correct – very easy

d)

Any 2 of:

  • "hissing, howling"
  • "snuffling, snorting"
  • "rest, reply"

2 correct – moderate

1 correct – very easy

e)

Accept any title which relates to the topic of the poem, e.g.,

  • "Night Noises"
  • "Animal Noises"
  • "What Animals do at Night"
  • "In the Night"
  • "In the Dark"

[Do not accept, "Noises" or "Animals"]

easy