This is the second part of three installments of my reading of Roald Dahl's "Dirty Beasts". In this podcast I read aloud the tales of The Scorpion, the Ant-Eater and The Porcupine.
If you would like to listen to each poem in isolation poem one starts straight after the intro music, poem 2 starts at 3:15 and poem 3 begins at 9:30.
The Scorpion
What does the phrase ‘armour plate’ tell you about the scorpion’s body?
How would your face look if you were scowling?
Where does the child say the scorpion is in their bed?
Find the word in the second part of the poem which means the same as ‘rump’ in the first part.
The Ant-Eater
Find the word that tells you that Roy was rather large?
Which of Roy’s toys would you like to have had instead of him?
Who did Roy’s dad contact in order to find an ant-eater?
Find out how much 50,000 rupees is in pounds. Is this a lot of money for a pet?
Why was the ant-eater so hungry in the first place?
What was Roy’s aunt’s name?
What is the grammatical term for two words that look different but have the same sound e.g. sea and see ?
What do you think might have happened after the poem ended? Create two more rhyming lines to give the poem the ending you want!
The Porcupine
Which day of the week does the narrator get their pocket money?
What do they buy from the sweet shop?
Do you think visiting the dentists is the best idea? Who else might have been able to help?
Which word does the dentist say that mean ‘payment’ or ‘price’?
A guinea is an old fashioned coin. Find out how much 50 of these would have been.
How do you think the narrator is going to change their ways from now on?
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