3UNIT WindPoems

Glossary
that makes a roof
Angry thatch straw
The Wind is haunches upper parts
of a
The wind is ongry -
person's or animal's legs
been in a rage all night.
He's bellowing
Stamping his feet.
finally breaking out.
And
morning light he gallops.
In the house.
round
At fulltilt.
walls.
Charging ot the
thatch
Pulling ot the
beotingwith clenched fists
And
Against the windows.
thrusting
Even now. he's
Icy fingers through crevices
And under doors.

The house is tired

And slightly bored.
She wotches with listlesseyes.
Sighs. settles on her haunches
And entrenches herself still more.
Adrienne Brady

Word Check Use a dictionary

to help you.
A Findeoch word in the poem. Choose the
correct meaning
1 rage extremely angry b slightly annoyed
2 bellowing
3 crevices
whispering b shouting
a keyholes b narrowcrackS
4 istless
uninterested b eager
5 entrenches settles b enjoys
B Fini these phrases in the poem.
Discuss what they mean.
1 breoking out 2 at full tilt
 The Wind
The wind is a wolf
That sniffs at doors
And rattles windows
With his paws.
Hidden in the night.
He rushes round
The locked-up house
Making angry sounds.
He leaps on the roof
And tries to drive
Away the house
And everythinginside.
Tired next morning,
The wind's still there
Snatching pieces of paper
And ruffling your hair.
He quietens down and in the end
You hardly notice him go
Whispering down the road
To find another place to blow.
Stanley Cook

Word Check Use o dictionary

A Find each word in the poem. to help you.
Choose the
correct meaning
rattles a shakes b cleans
2 paws a feet b nose
3 snatching
4 ruffling
dropping b taking quickly
a messing up b combing
B Find these phrases in the poem. Discuss what they
mean.
The wind is a wolf 2 quietens down
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 Comprehension
questions.
Discuss the
answers to these
A
The Wind is Angry night?
does the wind do in the
1 Whot
wind do in the morning?
the
2 What does windy?
the house do when it is
3 Whot does
The Wind
does the wind do in the night?
1 Whot morning?
Whot does the wind do in the
2
3 Where does the wind go?
answer each question.
B Wnte sentences to
The Wind is Angry
the wind is angry'?
1 How do you know that wind
What words and phrases does the poet use that makes the
2
seem humon?
poem.
3 Exploin why you like or dislike this
The Wind
use that makes the wind
1 What words and phrases does the poet
seem like 'o wolf?

2 Exploin why you like or dislike this poem.

Which poem do you think qives the best description of the wind?
Exploin your reosons.

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 Vocabulary
Using hyphens

Hyphens(-)are sometimes used to make compound words.

Most of these are adjectives.
The locked-up house
Hyphens are also sometimes used to joina prefix to aroot word.
especially if the prefix ends in a vowel and the root word begins
with one.
CO-OWn

Write the word from the box that matches each of these definitions.

re-enter co-pilot CO-0Wn

quick-thinking
non-fiction re-examine non-stop bad-tempered
1 a second person who operates an airplane
2 go into a place again r
3 writing that is about real things .d
4 to own something jointly
5 look closely at something again (
6 without pausing
7 able to use your mind
quickly
8 easily annoyed bat dcoee
B Choose four of the words from the
box in
Activity A and use them in sentences of
your own.

C List three hyphenated words for

each
prefix in the box below.
Use o dictionary to
re CO non help you.

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 Punctuation
Apostrophesofcontraction contractionsin
are usedin out.
apostrophes( ) havebeenleft
Remember. lettersthot
letteror
ploceofo night Contraction means to
o roqeall
He'sbeen in getsmaller.
has
he's = he
wind's stillthere
The is
wind's = wind
apostrophe.
words using n
Rewrite these poirs of 3 he is
A 2 you are
6 we are
1 am
5 it is you have
4 she is
8 Ihave 12 it has
7 they are
10 he has 11 she has
14 they have
13 we have
apostrophe.
words using an
Rewrite these pairs of 3 are not
2 have not
1 is not must not
6
4 has not 5 does not
8 wasS not
9 could not
7 were not

each serntence. The first one has b

C Write the contraction in
Then write the words it replaces. done for you.
1 "The wind's getting stronger!"
said Maria. wind's = wind is
2 I'l close the window," said Seth.
3 "Don't forget to close the door, too!"
Said Maria.
4 "It's blowing very hard!" said Seth.
5 "I hope it won't bring down that old
tree!" said Mario.

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 ull and ul
word endings
It is
In
importont to notice the
sound ull and ul words
morning
At full tilt, light he gollops. make.
round the house
Most ul ond ully
useful
words are linked to the suffixes ful
usefully and fully.
A Write an ull or ul
word to match each picture.
gull pull
handful full
1 colourful helpful
2
3

4
5
6

een
B The suffix ful can
be added to some words to make
Make these words adjectives.
adjectives.
1
carelu 2 dreadul3 hope 4 thought 5 forget 6 sorrow
Words ending in ful often have the ly
an adverb. suffix added to them to make
careful carefully
C Change these words into
adverbs by adding ly.
1 helpful 2 graceful 3 useful
4 thoughtful 5 wonderful 6 beautiful
7 faithful 8 dutiful 9 skillful
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 Grammar
Noun and verb agreement

Nouns ond verbs can be singular or plural.

we must use
When we use o singular noun or a singular pronoun,
o singular verb.
singular verb
Rememnber. apronoun
stands in place of
a noUn.
She watches with listless eyes.
singular pronoun
When we use a plural noun or a plural pronoun, we must use
o plural verb.
pluralverb
They watch with listless eyes.
plural pronoun
We use is/was with singular nouns and singular pronouns.
The wind is angry.
It was ongry.
We use are/were with plural nouns and plural pronouns.
For example:
Pieces of paper are snatched by the wind.
They were snatched by the wind.

Copy the sentences. Change the nouns/pronouns from singular to plurat

Chonge the verbs to match.
1 The window rattles.
2 He gallops around.
3 The house is tired. 4 The piece of paper blows abou
Copy the sentences. Choose the correct verb to
finish ech one.
1 The wind
3 The wind
stamp/stamps his feet. 2 The wolves snifflsniffs at doon
rufflelruffles your hair. 4 The wind snatch/snatches p
C Use each of these nouns in a
sentence followed by was or were.
1 house 2 walls
3 door
4 fingers 5 Sounds
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 Writing
Personification

poem The Wind is Angry' on page 22. the wind bellows and hos feet.
In the
seem human.
fists and fingers. The poet makes the wind
has paws. It sniffs. leops ond
In the poem The Wind' on page 23. the wind
wind os o wolf.
makes angry sounds. The poet describes the
things. it is
When writers give human/animal qualities to non-living
called personification.

Read and discuss the personification in each sentence.

a The stars winked in the sky.
b The sun smiled on the garden.
c The fog crept over the hills.
moe Soly
2 Here are four non-living things.

2
river flames Sun seo

Here are some verbs we usually use with humans.

ntoro
beamo ig abut
chatter race whisper
dance roar smile glide
a Choose the best verbs to go with each
make it seem human.
non-living thing to
b Now finish this poem.
danhipr
Iheard the river and
Isaw the flames dane and
Ifelt the sun and
Iheard the sea rov and

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