'Jabberwocky' by Lewis Carroll (Dramatisation)
Description
A narration of 鈥楯abberwocky鈥 by Lewis Carroll. A boy listens to the reading of the poem at bedtime as scary images are created on his bedroom wall and he himself is portrayed as the hero.
Classroom Ideas
Students could discuss what they think this poem describes. What parts did they understand? Were there any parts they did not understand? Ask students to compile a list of the nonsense words found in this poem. Students could work in groups and each group could be assigned two or three of these nonsense words. Challenge students to utilise their metalinguistic skills to find the meaning of these words using strategies such as exploring the context, or looking for words within words. Groups could rewrite the lines which contain these nonsense words into their own words which make sense. The poem could be put back together and read in students鈥 own words. Alternatively, students could explore Humpty Dumpty鈥檚 explanation of the poem as found in 鈥楾hrough the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There鈥. He explains that several of the words in the poem are portmanteau words 鈥 there are two meanings packed into one word. Students could create their own portmanteau words by taking parts of two words and putting them together. They could use these to create their own monster poem.
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