Starter quiz
- Who illustrated most of Allan Ahlberg's books?
- his friend Lucy
- himself
- his wife Janet ✓
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- Which of these is a book written by Allan Ahlberg?
- 'Matilda'
- 'The BFG'
- 'Funnybones' ✓
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- Allan Ahlberg's poem 'Please Mrs Butler' is written as a conversation between a child and their ...
- mother.
- father.
- teacher. ✓
- uncle.
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- In the poem 'Please Mrs Butler', what is the first name of the child that is being complained about?
- Daniel
- David
- Derek ✓
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- What does the teacher tell the child to do with their rubber?
- rub their work out with it
- swallow it ✓
- throw it in the playground
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- Which of these is a thing that the child accuses Derek of doing?
- sitting in the child's seat
- eating the child's snack
- calling the child unkind "names" ✓
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Exit quiz
- True or false? Robert Hull is a British writer who is mostly known for his humorous stories, poetry and books written for children.
- True ✓
- False
- What is the name of Robert Hull's poem about not feeding animals?
- 'Animals do not like...'
- 'Animals should never eat...'
- 'Please do not feed the animals...' ✓
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- The poem 'Please do not feed the animals...' uses which of these poetic techniques?
- personification
- similes
- rhyme ✓
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- True or false? Rhyme in poetry is the similarity of sounds between the ending syllables of words.
- True ✓
- False
- True or false? Words can only rhyme if they have the same ending sounds and they're spelled the same.
- True
- False ✓
- What is the reader warned against feeding to a cheetah in an unexpected and humorous twist at the end of the poem 'Please do not feed the animals...'?
- their pet
- their teacher ✓
- their best friend
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Key learning points
- Robert Hull is a British writer who is mostly known for his stories, poetry and books written for children.
- ‘Please do not feed the animals…’ is a humorous poem that reminds children of what not to feed the animals.
- This poem uses unexpected rhyming words at the end of each line to create humour.
- When we read aloud, we can use our voice to put emphasis on the rhyming words to convey the humour.
Common misconception
Pupils may think that words can only rhyme if they are spelled the same.
Teach pupils that sometimes words have different spellings at the end, but can still be rhyming words as they make the same sound.
Keywords
Humorous - something that makes a person laugh or smile because it is funny or silly
Rhyme - the similarity of sounds between the ending syllables of words
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