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Stir, Stir, Stir!

Repetition and rhythm

Lesson 10
Medium
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Chef Polpetta

Ask: is the repeat on purpose? Does it make you feel something? Read it aloud and clap the beat.

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Tick the one with repetition

aThe waves crashed.Crash went the waves, crash, crash, crash.repeats
bShe looked and looked, but the key was gone.She looked for the key.repeats
cThe old door creaked, and creaked, and creaked.The old door creaked.repeats
dThe wheel spun quickly.Faster and faster spun the wheel.repeats
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Find the 3 boring repeats

Nonna Bea went to the market. At the market she bought bread. She bought the bread for lunch. Her bag got heavier and heavier and heavier. She walked home and had lunch.
One repeat is on purpose.
Write the corrections here
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Stir, Stir, Stir!

Lesson 10 · Medium · side 2

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Now you write

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a Which repeat for effect? A scary story:
Tick 2Closer and closer came the footsteps.The footsteps came.Tap... tap... tap... went the footsteps.Someone walked.It was night.
Now write your own:
b Which have a strong beat? A kitchen chant:
Tick 2Chop, chop, chop!Cut the onion.Stir, stir, stir!Put it in the pan.Wait.
Now write your own:
c Which make a good refrain? A song about the seaside:
Tick 2Splash in the sea, splash in the sea!The sea is wet.Sand and sun, sand and sun!Bring a towel.It is far away.
Now write your own:
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Help Polpetta

Chef Polpetta

My kitchen chant: Chop the carrots. Stir the soup. So catchy! Perfetto, no?

Tell Polpetta why his chant has no beat, then rewrite it with repetition and a beat you can clap.
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