Miss Antrobus

Poem
by
Richard Edwards
MISS KASTHURI’S ENGLISH LESSON
24 MAY 2021
LANGUAGE ARTS
Today, we are going to read a poem about a girl with an unusual pet.

Can you guess what is the

UNUSUAL PET is?

It is an OCTOPUS!!!
 Why do you love your octopus,
Miss Miss Antrobus, Miss Antrobus?
Antrobus Why do you love your octopus,

Poem Miss Antrobus, my dear?

I love my octopus because

It hugs me and it wriggles.

I love my octopus because
Its wriggles give me giggles.
I love my octopus because
It juggles jars of pickles.
I love my octopus because
It tickles, oh, it tickles.
About the poem

• The poem is about a girl, Miss Antrobus, who

has a funny and strange pet. Her pet is an
octopus. She loves her octopus very much
because it hugs her, tickles her, and makes her
laugh. It can also wriggle and juggle jars of
pickles.
Actions for the words

•Hugs
Actions for the words

•Wriggles
Actions for the words

•Giggles
Actions for the words

•Juggles
Actions for the words

•Tickles
•Pickles
 Alliteration
• Alliteration is when the same consonant sound is repeated
at the beginning of words. For example, the words
“Its wriggles give me giggles,”
“give” and “giggles”
alliterate because they both begin with “g.”
• Another example is
“juggles” and “jars”.
Alliteration
Alliteration

tiger
Aliteration

tiger
• tickles
• touches
• talks
ADVERB
 ADVERB
• Example:

hugs tightly
juggles clumsily
giggles loudly
Write an adverb phrase in each tentacle.
Write an adverb phrase in each tentacle.

gs
Hu ly
t
tigh
g gl es
Ju sily
m
clu
Write an adverb for each of the verbs below.
• Hugs
• Juggles
• Giggles
• Jumps
• Eats
• Plays
• Sniffs
• Loves
 Thank you

Hope you enjoyed the

lesson