Tommy's Little Battle Part 1: poetry text

This e-unit contains three versions of a poem, accommodating the varying levels of students in the class. Students will read over 'Tommy's Little Battle: Part One', a poem about being scared of the dark, before working through a series of questions. The four sets of questions provided will orient students with the reading, address the key skill of deductive reasoning, increase students understanding of words and why they were used in the reading and give students time to evaluate the authors intention for the poem. Answers are also provided for selected questions to assist the teacher with marking.