English with Teacher Rasyidah

Literature in Action:
MY HERO
by Willis Hall
Week 36
20-24 SEPTEMBER 2021
2 JAYA, 2 IKHLAS AND 2 AMANAH
 My dad's as brave as a dad can be,
MY HERO I rate him Number One,
He's not afraid of the dead of night,
BY WILLIS HALL Or anything under the sun.

He's not afraid of a late-night film,

Full of horrors on the telly,
And is he afraid of skeletons?
Not dad, not on your Nelly!

He's not afraid of meeting ghosts,

He'd even smile and greet 'em,
And things that scare most dads the most,
My dad could just defeat 'em.

He's not afraid of vampires,

Or a wolf-man come to get him,
If Frankenstein's monster knocked on our door,
He wouldn't let that upset him.

My dad's as brave as a dad can be,

And he's always ready to prove it.
So why, when a spider's in the bath,
Does Mum have to come and remove it?
PARAPHASE 1
My dad's as brave as a dad can be,
I rate him Number One,
He's not afraid of the dead of night,
Or anything under the sun.

The persona is very proud of his

dad and rates him as the Number
One of all dads. He is not afraid of
the dark night or anything at all.
PARAPHASE 2
He's not afraid of a late-night film,
Full of horrors on the telly,
And is he afraid of skeletons?
Not dad, not on your Nelly!

The persona’s dad is not afraid of

watching horror movies late at
night. He is not at all afraid of
skeletons too.
PARAPHASE 3
He's not afraid of meeting ghosts,
He'd even smile and greet 'em,
And things that scare most dads the most,
My dad could just defeat 'em.

The persona is very sure that his dad is not

afraid of ghosts and would even smile and greet
one should appears before his eyes. He is sure
that his dad would be far better than all other
dads when it comes to facing all that are
frightening.
PARAPHASE 4
He's not afraid of vampires,
Or a wolf-man come to get him,
If Frankenstein's monster knocked on
our door,
He wouldn't let that upset him.

The persona’s goes on to describe his dad

as one who is unafraid of scary vampires,
a wolf-man or even Frankenstein’s
monster. Should Frankenstein’s monster
come and knock on their door, his dad
would not at all be perturbed.
PARAPHASE 5
My dad's as brave as a dad can be,
And he's always ready to prove it.
So why, when a spider's in the bath,
Does Mum have to come and
remove it?

The persona’s dad is described as

one who is brave and his actions
prove him to be so. Yet, he is
overwhelmed with fear at the sight
of a spider. Mum has to come to
the rescue.
Elements of the poem
Point of view
• The poem is told from the perspective of a young child.

Setting
• Possibility that the setting is in the persona’s house

Tone and mood

• Has light-hearted and humorous tone.
• Childlike innocence.
 Themes
1.Bravery
• The child’s father is brave. For example, he is not afraid of the
dark and day, skeletons, ghosts, vampires, wolf-man or
frankenstein.
2. Love
• The child is close with his/her father. He/She gets to observe
his/her father and learn about all the things that he is not
afraid of as well as the thing that he is afraid of (spider)
3. Respect
• The child still shows respect to his/her father even
after knowing that his/her father cannot get rid of a spider.
 Moral Value
1.We should be brave in any situations.
2.We should love our family members.
3.We should be respectful to our parents even
though we know they are not perfect.
4.We should show good example to our children.
ACTIVITY 1
 MATCH THE PICTURE WITH THE CORRECT WORDS

SKELETONS WOLF-MAN FRANKENSTEIN’S TELLY VAMPIRES

MONSTER
ACTIVITY 2
IS IT TRUE OR FALSE?
STATEMENTS ANSWER
1. The child is not afraid of late night films. FALSE
2. The child sometimes sees ghosts in the late night. FALSE
3. The father is not afraid of skeletons and horror films. TRUE
4. The child is amazed that his father is not afraid of vampires. TRUE
5. His father would not be bothered if Frankenstein knock on the door. TRUE
6. The child thinks his father is the bravest of all fathers. TRUE
7. The child’s father is not afraid of anything on earth. FALSE
8. The child is proud of his father. TRUE
9. The child feels ashamed that his father is afraid of spiders. FALSE
10. The child hero worships his father. TRUE