This document provides an anthology of poems and suggested activities for a Contemporary Literature Year Four class. It includes an 8-week schedule of 8 poems to be covered. One of the poems, "Sand Castle", is highlighted, with suggested activities over 2 weeks that include drawing words from the poem, building a sandcastle with dough, illustrating each stanza, and watching a video on building sandcastles to draw the steps. Worksheets are provided for a word BINGO game and drawing the sandcastle building steps from the video.
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Sand Castle
1. Contemporary Literature Year Four
Anthology of Poems
Suggested Activities
and
Worksheets
By:
Asmah Hanim Che Ani
SISC+ Perlis
Jabatan Pendidikan Negeri Perlis.
2. Anthology of Poems
Year Four
No. Poems title Duration
1. At the Playground 2 weeks
2. Clap Your Hands 2 weeks
3. Woodpecker 2 weeks
4. Holiday Memories 3 weeks
5. Sand Castle 2 weeks
6. Grandma’s House 2 weeks
7. Noisy Food 2 weeks
8. Sounds Like Magic 2 weeks
Total weeks 17 weeks
3. Sand Castle
Suggested Activities
Week 1
About the poem.
Pupil draws a 5 by 5 table with words taken from the poem. This activity follows by a game
of BINGO.
Using dough, pupil builds a sandcastle. Later pupil describes the sandcastle.
Week 2
About the poem.
For each stanza, pupil draws a picture to illustrate understanding.
Pupil watches a video on how to make a sandcastle and draw the steps.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ukXVxYN2Ds
Day: ____________ Date: _____________
Sand Castle
Fill in the table with words from the poem. Later, listen to your teacher for the words. Cross out
when you hear them.
4. Day: ____________ Date: _____________
Sand Castle
Watch the video and draw the steps in building a sandcastle.