1.4+Read,+study+and+show+understanding+of+short+written+texts

AS90055 **1.4**  Read, study and show understanding of short written texts

2 credits External

__**Fairy Tales**__

- The Princess and the Pea by Hans Christian Andersen A version of 'The Princess and the Pea' fairy-tale, with some simple questions that ask students to think about the structure of fairy-tales. Can be used as the basis for a creative writing exercise, in which students re-write a story (could be the novel you are studying, or something in the news, or a well-known movie...) in a 'fairy-tale' format. Ask them to exaggerate features such as 'the villain', 'the hero', 'enchanted object'... etc, etc! (Power-point format - but intended to be used for printing out class copies, as writing is quite small) 

__**Poetry**__

- Hip Hop music lyrics A one off lesson studying slant rhyme [|Lesson slant rhyme.doc]

- Sam Hunt poem //A Summertime Blues for Tom// A three level reading exercise to accompany the poem also features on the CD //Falling Debris// (David Kilgour).

[[file:Journeys 13 A Summertime Blues for Tom three levels of reading.doc]]
- Video segment of Nobel laureate and poet Seamus Heaney reading his poem, "Blackberry-Picking." Includes a background essay and discussion questions With a sense of vivid memory and imagery, the poem describes the bittersweet experience of harvesting and eating blackberries. Teachers Domain: http://www.teachersdomain.org/resource/pe08.rla.genre.poetry.heanblack/ Teachers Domain is a great online, free resource bank for all subjects

- Hone Tuwhare reading his poem "Drunk" set to type in motion (Adobe programme). Advise downloading the clip and saving it in case the you tube address changes. []

__**Short Stories**__ Three level reading guide for //How Dare You!// by Jane Westaway (a JT handout). You'd need to make sure this topic was acceptable to your HOD and class before teaching...