• I have a little shadow that goes in and out with me.

• And what can be the use of him is more than I can see.

• And what can be the use of him is more than I can see.

• He is very, very like me from the heels up to the head:

And I see him jump before me, when I jump in to my bed.

• The funniest thing about him is the way he likes to grow

• Not at all like proper children, which is always very slow.

• For he sometimes shoots up taller like an India-rubber ball

Rhyming words

Me --------------

Head ----------------

Grow -----------------

Ball ---------------------

Up ----------------------

Sleepyhead ------------

• ,• And he sometimes

gets so little that There’s non of him at all.

• One morning, very early, before the sun I was up,

• .

• I rose and found the shining dew on every buttercup;

• But my lazy little shadow, like an arrant sleepyhead

• Had stayed at home behind me and was Fast asleep in bed.

• ROBERT LOUIS

STEVENSON

WORD MEANING

Dew Drop of water found veryearly in the morning onLeaf and plants.

India rubber ball A ball that can bounceVery high

Butter cup A yellow flower

Arrant Bad

Sleepy Head Feeling sleepy

Rhyming words

Me --------------

Head ----------------

Grow -----------------

Ball ---------------------

Up ----------------------

Sleepyhead ------------

homophones

• In------------• Of ------------• Is ---------------• Heel--------------• I -----------------• See ----------------• To ------------------• Sun ------------------• Due ---------------------

Refer to context

He is very much like me ‘

From the heels up to the head

Who does he refer to ?

Who does me refer to ?Why are he and me

alike ?

WORK SHEET Answer the following Questions 1. What time of the day do think it is when your shadow is the tallest ? Why ? a) Morning b) Afternoon c) Night 2.

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Read the following lines from the poem and answer the following. i) Who is the poet of this poem ii) what is the title of this poem ? iii)when is your shadow the tallest ?