3.2.

2 Able to write with guidance

c) poem

Set 1

A Garden

If I should have a garden

I know how it would be,
There’d be daisies and buttercups
And an apple tree

A dog would chase a ball there,

A bird would sit and sing,
And a little cat would play with
A little piece of string.

And in the very middle

I’d only have to stand
For ladybirds and butterflies
To settle on my hand

1. Beginner:

Fill in the blanks with the missing words based on the poem.

A Garden

If I should have a _________

I know how it would be,
There’d be _________ and ___________
And an __________ tree

A _________ would chase a ball there,

A _________ would sit and sing,
And a little ________ would play with
A little piece of string.

And in the very middle

I’d only have to stand
For _____________ and ___________
To settle on my hand
2. Intermediate:

Replace the flora and fauna in the poem.

A Garden

If I should have a garden

I know how it would be,
There’d be _________ and ___________
And an __________ tree

A _________ would chase a ball there,

A _________ would sit and sing,
And a little ________ would play with
A Selittle piece of string.

And in the very middle

I’d only have to stand
For _____________ and ___________
To settle on my hand

Instruction: Teacher shows flash cards of animals and flowers and get the pupils guess
their names first.

3. Advance:

Create a rhyming phrase for line 2 and line 4 in each stanza using the given words.

A Garden

If I should have a garden

__________________________________ (pretty)
There’d be daisies and buttercups
__________________________________ (tea)

A dog would chase a ball there,

__________________________________ (swing)
And a little cat would play with
__________________________________ (spring)

And in the very middle

__________________________________ (tree)
For ladybirds and butterflies
__________________________________ (free)
Suggested answer:

If I should have a garden

I know it would be pretty (pretty)
There’d be daisies and buttercups
For me to enjoy my evening tea (tea)

A dog would chase a ball there,

A kid to play the swing (swing)
And a little cat would play with
All the flowers blooming in spring (spring)

And in the very middle

There stood a big tree (tree)
For ladybirds and butterflies
And the birds to fly free (free)