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    This document contains learning objectives and materials for a poetry lesson on Roger McGough's poem "The Sound Collector". It includes the full text of the poem divided into stanzas, questions about the poem's meaning and structure, and exercises for students to analyze the auditory imagery and identify sounds within the poem. The mysterious poem describes a stranger who collects all the everyday sounds that fill our lives, leaving only silence behind.

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    This document contains learning objectives and materials for a poetry lesson on Roger McGough's poem "The Sound Collector". It includes the full text of the poem divided into stanzas, questions about the poem's meaning and structure, and exercises for students to analyze the auditory imagery and identify sounds within the poem. The mysterious poem describes a stranger who collects all the everyday sounds that fill our lives, leaving only silence behind.

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    This document contains learning objectives and materials for a poetry lesson on Roger McGough's poem "The Sound Collector". It includes the full text of the poem divided into stanzas, questions about the poem's meaning and structure, and exercises for students to analyze the auditory imagery and identify sounds within the poem. The mysterious poem describes a stranger who collects all the everyday sounds that fill our lives, leaving only silence behind.

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    The Sound Collector

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    Kiren Falzon
    This document contains learning objectives and materials for a poetry lesson on Roger McGough's poem "The Sound Collector". It includes the full text of the poem divided into stanzas, questions about the poem's meaning and structure, and exercises for students to analyze the auditory imagery and identify sounds within the poem. The mysterious poem describes a stranger who collects all the everyday sounds that fill our lives, leaving only silence behind.

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    The Sound Collector

    By: Roger McGough

    Ms. Kiren F. Year 7A


    Learning Objectives

    Lit 7.1 I can recite appropriate poems demonstrating that I can pay attention to

    how rhyme pattern and rhythm help me bring out the musicality of a poem.

    Lit 7.3 I can respond to unseen age-appropriate texts by speaking and writing

    about the theme/s, characters, setting and literary devices in these texts.

    Lit7.4 I can identify the use of a range of literary devices and comment on their

    function and effect within a text.


    Lit 7.5 I can participate creatively in activities based on literary texts I have read

    or listened to.

    Lit 7.6 I can show my personal response to literary texts by speaking and/or

    writing about the text in a creative and engaging way.


    Warmer

    QUIZ
    The whistling of the:

    a) water
    b) snake
    c) kettle
    d) clock
    The turning of the:

    a) key
    b) window
    c) lock
    d) tree
    The ticking of the:

    a) chair
    b) shoe
    c) clock
    d) light
    The purring of the:

    a) mouse
    b) kitten
    c) cat
    d) rat
    The popping of the:

    a) eye
    b) toast
    c) circle
    The crunching of the:

    a) cornflakes
    b) burger
    c) tiles
    d) ocean
    The squeaking of the:

    a) baseball
    b) chair
    c) stairs
    The swishing of the:

    a) waves
    b) curtains
    c) clock
    d) dog
    The creaking of the:

    a) mouth
    b) papers
    c) knuckles
    d) stairs
    LET'S READ THE

    POEM
    Stanza 1

    A stranger came this morning


    Dressed all in black and grey
    Put every sound into a bag
    And carried them away

    Stanza 2

    The whistling of the kettle


    The turning of the lock
    The purring of the kitten
    The ticking of the clock

    Stanza 3

    The popping of the toaster


    The crunching of the flakes
    When you spread the marmalade
    The scraping noise it makes

    Stanza 4

    The hissing of the frying pan


    The ticking of the grill
    The bubbling of the bathtub
    As it starts to fill

    Stanza 5

    The drumming of the raindrops


    On the windowpane
    When you do the washing-up
    The gurgle of the drain

    Stanza 6

    The crying of the baby


    The squeaking of the chair
    The swishing of the curtain
    The creaking of the stair

    Stanza 6

    A stranger called this morning


    He didn't leave his name
    Left us only silence
    Life will never be the same

    What is the poem about?


    The poem gives importance to some of the

    sounds we hear everyday. In the poem, the

    persona imagines a mysterious stranger one

    day collecting all the sounds that fill our

    lives and taking them away.


    The Structure of the Poem

    In pairs identify the structure of the poem in

    terms of:
    stanzas and verses
    rhyme scheme
    atmosphere of the poem
    The poem is made up of:
    7 stanzas each being a quatrain
    The rhyme scheme is ABCB
    There is a language pattern in the verses

    where the noun is telling us its action


    The ________ (sound verb) of the

    ___________ (noun)
    The atmosphere of the poem is a rather

    mysterious one and this is because the

    speaker does not tell us anything about the

    mysterious man

    Why did he take away all the noise?


    This question is subject to interpretation

    What kind of imagery do

    we have in the poem?


    Auditory Imagery

    This form of poetic imagery appeals to the

    readers' sense of sound. This form of

    imagery is typically complemented by the

    use of Onomatopoeia in the poem.


    Think:

    With your partner, identify as many sounds

    as you can in the poem


    Rate from 1-5

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