Year 7 English Chapter 8: Poetry (Lesson 2)

Year 7 English Chapter 8: Poetry (Lesson 2)

The Last Wolf Speaks from the Zoo by Pie Corbett

​By day 

​I hid in the ferns 

​pressed to the earth, 

​dressed in a coat 

​brown as turf. 

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​Sunlight warmed the patches where

​my wolf pack once lay. 

Day after day

​childflesh spills past the wire;

​they pause, point and stare -

​I size them up -

​glare back -

​through thin red eyes.

​

​Years back

​my sister caught one -

​cracked a finger -

​left the childflesh to scowl and howl.

​The next day 

​they took my sister away.

​But her smell stayed trapped in the earth's spoor. 

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​It took a full moon's span for it to fade. 

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​Now, alone, 

​I watch

​and wait for her. 

​At night

​the stars glisten.

​I listen for the pack.

​I sing to the moon.

​

​I croon an ancient tune.

​But she is muzzled

​and cannot answer back.

Multiple Choice

Who's perspective do you think this poem is written from?

• Narrator's perspective

• Wolf's sister's perspective

• Wolf's perspective

• Second point of view

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Multiple Choice

What literary device is this:

'They next day

they took my sister away.'

• Personification

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Rhyme

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Open Ended

List out 3 similarities between the 2 poems, 'Important Notice' and 'The Last Wolf Speaks from the Zoo'.

Open Ended

List out 2 differences between the two poems 'Important Notice' and 'The Last Wolf Speaks from the Zoo'.

Open Ended

What is the synonym for 'healthy'?

Open Ended

What is the synonym for 'threat'?

Open Ended

What is the synonym for 'scowl'?

Open Ended

What is the synonym for 'glisten'?