SPECIAL EDITION 2019

YEAR
4

SPECIAL TIPS
INCLUDED !!!
 General overview

p.1

About the poet

p.2

Why you should read

this poem ?

p.3

Title and Theme

p.4

Interpretation of
Stanzas In the Poem

p.5 – p.7

Lets discuss :

Strengths, Weaknesses and

Style

p.8 – p/10
Activities

p.11 – p.17

Conclusion

P.18

Extra Notes

p.19

References

p.20

Answer Scheme

p.21 – p.27
GENERAL OVERVEW

This book is created to help students, especially year 4

students, to understand better the poem ‘The Holiday Memories’
by June Crebbin. This book contains literature components such as
the tone and the mood of the poem and to relate rhyme and rhyme
scheme to the poem. This book also included the definition of
stanza, lines and what is syllable, but most highlighted part about
the book is the fact that we use parts of the poem as examples, to
make it more clearly to the students.

To shine some light to the students, this book also includes

literary interpretation of each stanza. This is to guide the
students on the literary components that is contain in each
stanza. This book also contain the interpretation of the poem.
This book also included activities to not only test the student’s
understanding of what they had learn about the poem but also
to ensure that they would apply all that they have learn to
answer simple problem solving question.

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WHO IS THE POEST?

June Crebbin
A poet, is the person who wrote the poem. The poet
for the poem ‘The Holiday Memories’ is June
Crebbin. June Crebbin is a British author. She was
born in Leicestershire in 1938. She is an ex-primary
school teacher who then became a full time author.
Her time as a teacher was cut short as she went on
an early retirement to pursue a career in writing.
June Crebbin loves to write. She has written over 40
children’s book as well as poetry. Many of her ideas
are based on true experience and moral values.

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Why you should read the poem ?

The poem is appropriate for

year 4 students because the
language that was use is really
simple and easy for the students
to understand and because of
that, it is easier to understand the
interpretation of the poem. Not to
mention that the poem itself
ignites imagination and
encourage the sense of adventure
towards students who reads it.

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 Title
This poem is about the persona’s adventure(a little boy)
during his imaginary holiday. In this poem, he had describe
his adventures of kick boxing with a kangaroo, travelling to
Mars, defeating a pirate and many more. In this poem, he
choose to let his imagination run free which was stated in
almost every line of this poem thus enhancing a child’s
sense of adventure and to let your imagination run free

Theme

The theme of the poem is being more imaginative and

adventurous. The poem itself is about how a boy can
imagine a whole holiday trip just in his imagination.
Children should let their imagination run free as they would
turn into dreams that they wanted to come true thus
making them more ambitious to make it come true. Being
adventurous also helps enhance children’s courage and
would help them to be more braver in perusing certain
objectives.

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 For example: HO LI
DAY
3 syllables

For example:
Holidays memories
have 26 lines
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 RHYMES

Repetition of similar sounds in

two/more usually words at the
poetry one to create rhythm

RHYMES
SCHEME
Pattern of which rhymes happens

When i was on holiday (a)

I went to Timbuktu (c)
I wrestled with a jaguar (c)
And boxed a kangaroo (b)

I journeyed into jungles, (a)

For example:
I swam the deepest sea, (b)
Timbuktu = kangaroo
I climbed the highest mountain (c) Sea = tree
And a monkey-puzzle tree. (b) Baboon = moon

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Stanza 1 = 4 lines
Consonance
E.g: Timbuktu = Kangaroo

Stanza 2 = 4 lines
Consonance
E.g: Sea = tree

Stanza 3 = 4 lines
Consonance
E.g: Baboon = moon

Stanza 4 = 4 lines
Consonance
E.g: Stars = Mars
Stanza 5 = 4 lines
Consonance
E.g: Bus = hippopotamus

Stanza 6 = 4 lines
Consonance
E.g: shark= Park
Stanza 7 = 4 lines
Consonance
E.g: bend= END

Tone : excited, Mood : Excited

happy, adventurous

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STRENGTHS

1. This poem uses simple language to

make it easier for the readers to
understand.
2. This poem can enhance students’
creativity
3. This poem gives the inspiration you
can do anything if you let your
imagination run free.
4. This poem encourage students’ to be
more adventurous and not to be scare
of perusing their dreams.

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WEAKNESSES

1. Due to the simple language that the poet

has used, this poem does not have a lot of
literary devices such as simile, metaphor and
etc.
2. Even though it is good to let your
imagination run free, the content like the
part where the boy defeats the pirates may
give the wrong impression to students that
they can fight a pirate when they see one.

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STYLES

The poet uses simple language to

ensure that students can understand
the meaning as this poem was intended
for young children. The combination of
simple language and simple sentence
structure, can make you as students
understand how the poet describe the
events, the objects and ideas that is in
the poem. The style itself makes you
understand the tone and mood that the
poet is trying to use.

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LET’S REMEMBER!

1. List down the names of animals that is in the poem :

1. Kangaroo

2.

3.

4.

2. Identify the words that rhymes at the end of the line in these two stanza. Circle the correct words.

I visited the planets,

I lit up all the stars,

I gossiped to a parrot

Travelling to Mars.

I sailed across the ocean,

I drove a Greyhound bus,

I rode across the desert

On a hippopotamus.

DO YOU UNDERSTAND?

Activity 1

1. Explain in your own words, what you understand about a stanza ?

__________________________________________

2. Describe what you understand about a poet ?

__________________________________________

3. Explain in your own words, the definition of a syllable ?

__________________________________________

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Activity 2

Write a short summary of what is the poem all about.

__________________________________________

__________________________________________

__________________________________________

__________________________________________

__________________________________________

__________________________________________

COME AND APPLY IT!

1. Using the adventure that the persona has experience in his adventure, construct an essay on how
you want to spend a holiday with your family, based on the persona’s adventure.

__________________________________________

__________________________________________

__________________________________________

__________________________________________

__________________________________________

2. Based on the poem, demonstrate in an essay how you would defeat the pirates.

__________________________________________

__________________________________________

__________________________________________

__________________________________________

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LET’S CREATE!

I heard a mermaid
singing,

I fought a killer shark,

I grappled with a Grizzly

In a wild Safari Park

1. Based on the stanza from the poem above, use the pictures below to rearrange the
persona’s memories in the correct order.

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 2. Predict and rewrite a stanza from the poem if the persona had fallen off the tree

_________________________________________,

_________________________________________,

_________________________________________,

_________________________________________.

DO YOU KNOW HOW TO EVALUATE?

1. Match the advantages (pros) and disadvantages (cons) of being imaginative.

BUILD SELF

CONFIDENCE

ADVANTAGES

HAVING TOO

MUCH IDEAS

SHARPENS PROBLEM

SOLVING SKILLS

DISADVANTAGES

CREATES CONFUSION
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2. Determine which of these 4 pictures are the writer’s message in the poem? Tick (✔)

and cross (✘) on the boxes provided below the pictures.

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LET’S ANALYZE!

1. Find and analyse 6 evidences that the persona’s holiday memories are imagination
from the word search.

HINT:

1. S _ NG _ NG _ ERM _ IDS
2. G _ AP _ LED GRI _ _ LY
3. _ HASI _ G PI _ ATE _
4. _ ISI _ ED P _ AN _ TS

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Differentiate between the pictures by circling “reality” or “imagination”

REALITY
IMAGINATION

REALITY
IMAGINATION

REALITY
IMAGINATION

REALITY
IMAGINATION

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Conclusion
The holiday memories provide an
effective guide and practice for
primary school students who want to
excel in literature. The poem specially
designed to serve as comprehensive
guide book for literature component
in English. The notes are given an in-
depth analysis of the poem and cover
important elements such as synopsis,
persona, setting, plot, themes and
moral values. The variety of exercises
in this book will guide the students
progressively. Attractive illusions
help enhance students
understanding of this poem. This
poem is written by famous and
experienced author and teachers for
making this holiday memories poem
the best choice for students.

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TIPS

How to understand the poem better?

- You need to let your imagination run free as the poem itself is about
how a boy could create a whole imagination of a holiday trip
- You need to make sure that you understand the theme and the title of
the poem to ensure a better understanding of the poem as it already
shows the interpretation of the poem.

“Imagination is more important than knowledge”

Albert Einstein

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REFERENCES

URL:
http://msappleisateacher.blogspot.com/20
14/06/holiday-memories.html?m=1
Website Title: I am a Teacher
Article Title: Holiday Memories

URL:
https://www.academia.edu/5610744/kssr_
year_4_poem
Website TitleAcademia.edu
Article Titlek: SSR year 4 poem

URL: https://m.wikihow.com/Understand-a-
Poem?amp=1
Website Title: wikiHow
Article Title: Understand a Poem

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ANSWER SCHEME

LET’S REMEMBER!

1. List down the names of animals that is in the poem :

1. Kangaroo

2. Monkey

3. Baboon

4. Parrot

2. Identify the words that rhymes at the end of the line in these two stanza. Underline the correct
words.

I visited the planets,

I lit up all the stars,

I gossiped to a parrot

Travelling to Mars.

I sailed across the ocean,

I drove a Greyhound bus,

I rode across the desert

On a hippopotamus.

DO YOU UNDERSTAND?

Activity 1

1. Explain in your own words, what you understand about a stanza ?

A stanza is a group of line in a poem. It is usually called a verse.(Any answers that relates to this
answer

2. Describe what you understand about a poet ?

A poet is someone who writes the poem.(Any answers that relates to this answer

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3. Explain in your own words, the definition of a syllable ?

A syllable is the sound of a vowel that is created while pronouncing the letter A,E,I,O,U and its
combination.(Any answers that relates to this answer)

Activity 2

Write a short summary of what is the poem all about base on the title of the poem.

Answers have to relate to the title of the poem.

__________________________________________

__________________________________________

__________________________________________

__________________________________________

COME AND APPLY IT!

1. Using the adventure that the persona has experience in his adventure, construct an essay on how
you want to spend a holiday with your family, based on the persona’s adventure.

Answers have to relate to the persona’s adventure

(can be base on the title of the poem)___________

__________________________________________

__________________________________________

__________________________________________

__________________________________________

2. Based on the poem, demonstrate in an essay how you would defeat the pirates.

Any answers that would apply their understanding

of what happen to the pirate into this answer.____

__________________________________________

__________________________________________

__________________________________________

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LET’S CREATE!

I heard a mermaid
singing,

I fought a killer shark,

I grappled with a Grizzly

In a wild Safari Park

3. Based on the stanza from the poem above, use the pictures below to rearrange the
persona’s memories in the correct order.

4 3

2 1

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 4. Predict and rewrite a stanza from the poem if the persona had fallen off the tree

I journeyed into jungles,

Chatted with a brown monkey
I swung the tallest tree,
And broke myself a knee.

DO YOU KNOW HOW TO EVALUATE?

3. Match the advantages (pros) and disadvantages (cons) of being imaginative.

BUILD SELF

CONFIDENCE

ADVANTAGES

HAVING TOO

MUCH IDEAS

SHARPENS PROBLEM

SOLVING SKILLS

DISADVANTAGES

CREATES CONFUSION

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4. Determine which of these 4 pictures are the writer’s message in the poem? Tick (✔)

and cross (✘) on the boxes provided below the pictures.

✔ ✘

✔ ✘

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LET’S ANALYZE!

2. Find and analyse 6 evidences that the persona’s holiday memories are imagination
from the word search.

HINT:

5. SINGING MERMAIDS
6. GRAPPLED GRIZZLY
7. CHASING PIRATES
8. VISITED PLANETS

Differentiate between the pictures by circling “reality” or “imagination”

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 REALITY
IMAGINATION

REALITY
IMAGINATION

REALITY
IMAGINATION

REALITY
IMAGINATION

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 CREDITS

SHARIFAH ‘ABIDAH BINTI

SYED MUHAMMAD

HANIS NURSAKINNA BINTI

KAMPUH

EMILY ELAINE GEORGE

DHACHYANI A/P SURAISH

MUHAMMAD LUQMAN BIN

SHAHARUDIN