Tuesday 21st April 2020

Summer Half Term 5 Destination Reader

Week 1, Day 1: Poetry, This might not sound serious.

Vocabulary:

Use a dictionary, or an online dictionary to find out what these words mean:

1. Whooping Whooping means like a cough, Similar: shouting, shrieking

2. Hiccough Hiccough means your having an attack of hiccups or a hiccup

Can you see any made-up words in this poem? What are they?

rhino-staccato

Key Questions:

Does this poem remind you of anything you have seen or heard before?

Some of the lines in Jumanji (the movie) are really funny we couldn't stop laughing

Does the poet’s behaviour when she’s trying to stop laughing remind you of

anyone?

My brother because he is always laughing

Has there ever been a time when you tried to hold in your laugh? What

happened?

My brother did something really silly and I had to hold it in.

Describe a time when you or someone else had a fit of the giggles and couldn’t stop laughing.

When my dad heard a funny joke and he couldn't stop laughing.