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This lesson contains 31 slides, with interactive quizzes, text slides and 1 video.

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Expected Learning Outcomes
Learners will be able to :
  • read a poem by Robert Fisher and answer the questions based on the same.
  • identify the tone of the poem.
  • skim and scan for the details .
  • make use of contextual clues to infer meanings of unfamiliar words from the context.

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How do you spend your new year day?

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Do you make resolutions? List two resolutions that you want to make for the year 2021.

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Let's read this poem where the boy is speaking about his new year resolutions.
Workbook Page Number- 37

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The poet has made few new year resolutions in the poem. List any four resolutions you would definitely want him to adopt.

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nor give her anymore of my cheek
be up with the larks
stay where trouble can't find me
turn over a new leaf
or even swear

wake up early

start a new life

not use foul words

stay away from problems

not be rude

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                                  Tone of a poem


The tone of a poem is the attitude you feel in it — the writer’s attitude toward the subject or audience. In a satire, you feel irony. In a war poem, you may feel protest or remorse. Tone can be playful, humorous, regretful, anything — and it can change as the poem goes along.


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What's the tone of the poem "My new year's resolution".

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The speaker of the poem is ______
A
a young boy
B
an infant
C
an old woman
D
an adult

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I shall squeeze from the bottom of every toothpaste tube.

Identify the tense in the above sentence.
A
Present Simple
B
Past Simple
C
Future Simple
D
Past Perfect

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The poet promises to turn over a new leaf .Write some good habits he wants to develop.

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"I'll not moan at Mum's cooking"

Choose the synonym of moan from the options given below
A
whine
B
wail
C
sob
D
All of the above.

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The speaker intends to clean his room_______
A
once a week
B
everyday
C
once a month
D
once a year

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The speaker has resolved to go to bed with the__________
A
cats
B
larks
C
frogs
D
owls

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shall I start them this year, or next year
shall I sometime, or .....?

Do you think that the poet intends to follow all these resolutions ?

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"And never spit or shout or even swear."

Choose the option which is closest in meaning to the word "spit" in the above line.

A
a slender pointed rod
B
a small land
C
to throw something from the mouth
D
a continuous rattling sound

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‘I shall definitely remember her birthday next year!’
Whose birthday is the speaker talking about?

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"And tidy my room once a week"
Choose the antonym of tidy
A
uncluttered
B
spick and span
C
immaculate
D
messy

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The poet promises to be good at school. How does he plan to do so?

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Write any two unpleasant things that the poet has done to the animals.

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Homework
Complete all question/answers of this poem in the workbook.

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Success Criteria: Now I CAN
read a poem by Robert Fisher and answer the questions based on the same.
identify the tone of the poem.
skim and scan for the details .
make use of contextual clues to infer meanings of unfamiliar words from the context.
A
Strongly Agree
B
Agree
C
Need Help
D
Not Sure

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Hope you get to fulfill all your resolutions of 2021.

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