Date I Don’t Make My Bed

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Learning Objective

Infer the poem to answer textual based questions

 Analyse the poet’s reason for writing the poem

Learning Outcome (To be printed and pasted in the notebook)

All Most Some

Infer the content of the poem to
answer text and knowledge
based questions in words taken
from the text
Infer the content of the poem to
answer textual and
understanding based questions
on the poem and the poet in
their own words
Infer the content of the poem to answer
textual and thought provoking questions
about the poem and the poet in their own
words giving some details from the text
and independent research conducted.

I) Answer the following questions based on your understanding of the text.

a) Why does the Polar bear not make his bed?
b) Why does the Polar Bear not need any sheet or quilt?
c) Mention one figure of speech that you find in the poem and explain it.

II) Give reasons for the following statements:

a) If the Polar bear were to wake up, he would find a world of bathtub white because…
b) The poet wrote this poem because...
c) Polar bears drift about on a white ice floe because…

III) Attempt any of the following three tasks:

Conduct a research about the
Antarctic region and create a mind
map with pictures of a few other
animals that you can find in the
Antarctic region besides polar bears.
Conduct a research on the Aurora
Borealis in the Antarctic and write not
more than a paragraph (6-7
sentences) about it. You may even
paste pictures to display better
understanding.
Browse the internet to search about
the Antarctic region and say whether
you would like to visit the region or
not. Do not exceed a paragraph (7-8
sentences)

Assessment Rubric: I Don’t Make My Bed

Criteria 4 3 2 1
Comprehension The student is able The student is able The student may not be The overall
and to state an overall to state a response able to state an overall response is
Organisation response to the to the work by response to the work. unstated,
work by expressing expressing details The body explores the unclear, or
details, giving giving some response, but more unsupported.
reasons, and reasons, and details, reasons, and
supporting points exploring some specific examples from
with examples from supporting the work are needed.
the work. examples.
Elements of The response The response The response may also The response
Responses to summarizes the summarizes the unnecessarily retell the unnecessarily
Literature work as needed to work to clarify main work or fail to retells the work
clarify main points points but may also summarize when or fails to
but does not retell unnecessarily retell necessary. Word choice summarize when
the work. Word the work. Word is vague. necessary.
choice is choice is generally Words are
consistently precise, precise misused or
vivid, or expressive. create confusion.
Grammar, There are few or no There are some Several errors in Numerous and
Usage, errors in mechanics, errors in mechanics, mechanics, usage, serious errors in
Mechanics and usage, grammar, or usage, grammar, or grammar, or spelling mechanics,
spelling spelling. Titles of spelling. Titles of make it difficult to usage, grammar,
works are correctly works are correctly understand parts of the or spelling make
punctuated punctuated. response. Titles of it difficult to
throughout. works are not correctly understand the
punctuated. response. Titles
of works are not
correctly
punctuated.
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