Reading Comprehension

• Aardrijkskunde
• Praktijkonderwijs
• Leerjaar 4

Expected Learning Outcomes

Learners will be able to :

• read a poem by Robert Fisher and answer the questions based on the same.
• identify the tone of the poem.
• skim and scan for the details .
  
• make use of contextual clues to infer meanings of unfamiliar words from the context.

How do you spend your new year day?

Do you make resolutions? List two resolutions that you want to make for the year 2021.

Let's read this poem where the boy is speaking about his new year resolutions.

Workbook Page Number- 37

The poet has made few new year resolutions in the poem. List any four resolutions you would definitely want him to adopt.

nor give her anymore of my cheek

be up with the larks

stay where trouble can't find me

turn over a new leaf

or even swear

wake up early

start a new life

not use foul words

stay away from problems

not be rude

                                  Tone of a poem

The tone of a poem is the attitude you feel in it — the writer’s attitude toward the subject or audience. In a satire, you feel irony. In a war poem, you may feel protest or remorse. Tone can be playful, humorous, regretful, anything — and it can change as the poem goes along.

What's the tone of the poem "My new year's resolution".

The speaker of the poem is ______

1. a young boy
2. an infant
3. an old woman
4. an adult

I shall squeeze from the bottom of every toothpaste tube.

Identify the tense in the above sentence.

1. Present Simple
2. Past Simple
3. Future Simple
4. Past Perfect

The poet promises to turn over a new leaf .Write some good habits he wants to develop.

"I'll not moan at Mum's cooking"

Choose the synonym of moan from the options given below

1. whine
2. wail
3. sob
4. All of the above.

The speaker intends to clean his room_______

1. once a week
2. everyday
3. once a month
4. once a year

The speaker has resolved to go to bed with the__________

1. cats
2. larks
3. frogs
4. owls

shall I start them this year, or next year
shall I sometime, or .....?

Do you think that the poet intends to follow all these resolutions ?

"And never spit or shout or even swear."

Choose the option which is closest in meaning to the word "spit" in the above line.

1. a slender pointed rod
2. a small land
3. to throw something from the mouth
4. a continuous rattling sound

‘I shall definitely remember her birthday next year!’
Whose birthday is the speaker talking about?

"And tidy my room once a week"
Choose the antonym of tidy

1. uncluttered
2. spick and span
3. immaculate
4. messy

The poet promises to be good at school. How does he plan to do so?

Write any two unpleasant things that the poet has done to the animals.

Homework

Complete all question/answers of this poem in the workbook.

Success Criteria: Now I CAN
read a poem by Robert Fisher and answer the questions based on the same.
identify the tone of the poem.
skim and scan for the details .
make use of contextual clues to infer meanings of unfamiliar words from the context.

1. Strongly Agree
2. Agree
3. Need Help
4. Not Sure

Hope you get to fulfill all your resolutions of 2021.