NIRMAY SHAH

GRADE LEVEL 1
TRINITY COLLEGE
OF MUSIC
SPEECH AND DRAMA

POEM

Homework! Oh! Homework!

Homework! Oh, Homework!
I hate you! You stink!
I wish I could wash you away in the sink,
if only a bomb
would explode you to bits.
Homework! Oh, homework!
You're giving me fits.

I'd rather take baths

with a man-eating shark,
or fight a lion
alone in the dark,
eat spinach and liver,
pet ten porcupines,
than tackle the homework,
my teacher assigns.

Homework! Oh, homework!

you're last on my list,
I simple can't see
why you even exist,
if you just disappeared
it would tickle me pink.
Homework! Oh, homework!
I hate you! You stink!

Jack Prelutsky

PROSE PIECE

MIMING

Walk towards the lift.

Press the button.
Open the door.
Enter the lift.
Close the door.
Say hello to a friend.
Friend leaves so say bye.
Suddenly shows a sign of fear.
Lift not moving, banging the sides.
Calling for help.
Trying the cell.
Look at the time.
The lift starts moving.
Shows a sign of relief.
Shouts at the liftman.

AN EXTRACT
FROM
THE MAGIC
FINGER
BY

ROALD
DAHL

Just look at that beastly duck cooking at my stove!

cried Mrs. Gregg as she flew past the kitchen window.
How dare she!
and look at that one holding my lovely gun! shouted
Mr. Gregg.
One of them is lying in my bed! yelled William,
looking into a top window.
And one of them is playing with my electric train!
cried Philip.
Oh! Dear! Oh!, dear! said Mrs. Gregg. They have
taken over our whole house! We shall never get it back.
And what are we going to eat?
I will not eat worms, said Philip. I would rather
die.
Or slugs, said William.

Mrs. Gregg took the two boys under her wings and
hugged them. Dont worry, she said. I can mince it all
up very fine and you wont even know the difference.
Lovely slugburgers. Delicious wormburgers.

Oh no! cried William.

Never! said Philip.
Disgusting! said Mr. Gregg.
Just because we have wings, we dont have to eat
bird food. We shall eat apples instead. Our trees are full
of them. Come on!
So they flew off to an apple tree.
But to eat an apple without holding it in your hands
is not at all easy.