My Hero

MY HERO

By Willis Hall

My Hero by Willis Hall

Stanza 1

My dad's as brave as a dad can be,

I rate him Number One,

He's not afraid of the dead of night,

Or anything under the sun.

Stanza 2

He's not afraid of a late-night film,

Full of horrors on the telly,

And is he afraid of skeletons?

Not dad, not on your Nelly!

Stanza 3

He's not afraid of meeting ghosts,

He'd even smile and greet 'em,

And things that scare most dads the most,

My dad could just defeat 'em.

Stanza 4

He's not afraid of vampires,

Or a wolf-man come to get him,

If Frankenstein's monster knocked on our door,

He wouldn't let that upset him.

Stanza 5

My dad's as brave as a dad can be,

And he's always ready to prove it.

So why, when a spider's in the bath,

Does Mum have to come and remove it?

Multiple Choice

Who does the persona refer as a hero in the poem?

• The persona' father

• A comic book hero

• The persona's grandfather

• A fictional character in a game

Multiple Choice

Who is the author of this poem?

• Willis Hall
• Max Fatchen
• Trevor Millum
• Narinder Dhami

Multiple Choice

What would his father do to the monsters (in stanza 4)? How?

• He knocked the monster's door
• He wouldn’t let that upset him
• Attack the wolf man
• Make friends with vampire

Multiple Choice

In your opinion, which line is the best description of his father’s bravery? Why?

• "I rate him Number One" -  because his father is the best
• "anything under the sun" -  because he can face many challenges
• "not afraid of the dead of night" - because everyone is scared of night
• "Full of horrors on the telly" - because we are afraid of scary movie

Multiple Choice

What does his mother have to do in the bathroom?

• Take a bath
• Have a shower with the son
• His father needs shampoo
• get rid of a spider 

Multiple Choice

Types of monster mentioned in Stanza 3?

• Vampire

• Ghosts

• skeleton

• Nelly

Multiple Choice

"He wouldn’t let that upset him" in Stanza 3. Who is 'him'?

• Dad
• Wolf man
• Vampire
• Frankenstein’s monster

Multiple Choice

Two things that do not scare the persona’s father in Stanza 2?

• watching horror movies & skeleton

• ghost and vampire

• spider and mom

• Frankenstein’s monster and wolf man

Multiple Choice

What is the only thing that scares of the persona's father?

• Spiderman
• Spider
• Crab
• Mummies

Multiple Choice

Who would the persona call to remove spider in the bath tub?

• Grandma

• Mom

• Son's wife

• the son