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Question
Discuss with your partner and pick out the rhyming words from the poem.
Solution
The rhyming words in the poem are :
“witches – ditches; battle – cattle; plain – rain; eye – by; scrambles – brambles; gazes – daisies; road – load; river – forever”.
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| C | K | S | N | O | W | S | K | Y |
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Fill in the table with the appropriate poem lines. A few lines may be used more than one time.
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1. suggest the sage lacked practical common sense |
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2. make the poem humorous |
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3. show the clowning movements of the sage |
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4. that are actually funny but have a serious tone |
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Role play
Work with a partner. Let one student read the poem and the other to pantomime (communication by means of gesture and facial expression) the poem as he or she reads.
