Contemporary Literature Year Four

Anthology of Poems

Suggested Activities

and

Worksheets

By: Asmah Hanim Che Ani

SISC+ PerlisJabatan Pendidikan Negeri Perlis.

Anthology of Poems

Year Four

No. Poems title Duration

1. At the Playground 2 weeks

2. Clap Your Hands 2 weeks

3. Woodpecker 2 weeks

4. Holiday Memories 3 weeks

5. Sand Castle 2 weeks

6. Grandma’s House 2 weeks

7. Noisy Food 2 weeks

8. Sounds Like Magic 2 weeks

Total weeks 17 weeks

Woodpecker

Suggested Activities

Week 1

About the poem. Pupils explore the characteristics of a woodpecker. Teacher can provide guidelines such

as its appearance, habitat or habit. Pupils pair up and read poem to each other. Get the pupils to read the poem using

different voice. Example: their own mother or father, a really mean or strict person, a cheerful voice, an opera singer’s voice.

Week 2

Discuss the poem.o Why woodpecker pecks?o Name other animals that behave strangely.o In the poem, the author sees the woodpecker as a guest knocking on the door. If

you are the woodpecker, how do you know if anyone is in or out? Make a beak and read the poem with intonation.

http://www.leighsaintthomas.wigan.sch.uk/images/Creative/Bird%20Mask%20Template.jpg

Day: ____________ Date: _____________

Woodpecker

Investigate the woodpecker!

Appearance Habitat Habit

Day: ____________ Date: _____________

Woodpecker

Source: http://www.clipartbest.com/cliparts/dT7/Rop/dT7RopbT9.jpeg