Good morning, Year 4 Zhong kids!!

Language Arts
Poem 1 : Holiday Memories
June Crebbin

With :
Mdm Sia
Contemporary Children’s Literature
1. Anthology of Poems for Year 4, 5 & 6
2. Short Story : The King of Kites
3. Graphic Novel : The Jungle Book
Our learning outcomes for today…
# Recite the poem with interesting intonation
# Complete a tree map with places the poet
went to on his holiday.

Poems
• Express the writer’s
thoughts and feelings
• Help readers make a
connection with their
experience
• Capture experiences and
paint pictures with words
Tips ~ Before you start
reading
• Know the poem
• Identify the speaker in
the poem
• Understand the meaning
of the poem
• Study difficult or
unfamiliar words in the
poem
• Identify some interesting
words in the poem
• Read with emotion
 Who is the voice in this
Before we start, let’s poem?
take a closer look at the Do you think all the events
poem and answer these in the poem are true?
questions.
 Holiday
Memories

By

June Crebbin
When I was on holiday,
I went to Timbuktu
I wrestled with a jaguar and
boxed a kangaroo.
I journeyed into jungles,
I swam the deepest sea,
I climbed the highest mountain,
And a monkey-puzzle tree.
I chatted to a seagull,
I met a big baboon,
I floated on a moonbeam
Until I reached the moon.
I visited the planets,
I lit up all the stars,
I gossiped to a parrot,
Travelling to Mars
I sailed across the ocean,
I drove a Greyhound bus,
I rode across the desert
On a hippopotamus.
I heard a mermaid singing,
I fought a killer shark,
I grappled with a Grizzly
In a wild Safari Park.
I chased a band of pirates,
Completely round the bend,
And now the summer’s over,
And so is this – THE END.
So,

Did you like the poem?

Do you think what the writer writes about

is real? Why?
Task 1 :
Record a video of yourself reciting the poem
creatively. Then answer my question just now in
your video.
Send your videos/answers to me by WhatsApp.
Task 2 :
Complete the tree map below (in your exercise books) about the
places the writer visits, whether it is in this world or out of this
world.
Places the poet has
been to
In this world Out of this world
In a nutshell,

You have 2 tasks to submit to me.

1. Video (Recite the poem + answer the question)

2. The tree map
PM me your tasks, OK?
That’s all for today, kids!!

See you next

week!!