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A worksheet on A B ‘Banjo’ Paterson’s classic Australian poem ‘Clancy of the Overflow’ suitable for Year 8 students. A second sheet with suggested answers is included.

A copy of the poem has been included. Further copies of the poem are widely available online.

Suggested curriculum relevance Australian Curriculum — English, Year 8

 

Literature

 

  • ACELT1630: Identify and evaluate devices that create tone, for example humour, wordplay, innuendo and parody in poetry, humorous prose, drama or visual texts
     
Literacy

 

  • ACELY1733: Apply increasing knowledge of vocabulary, text structures and language features to understand the content of texts
     
     
National Curriculum in England — English, Key Stage 3

 

Reading

Pupils should be taught to read critically through
 

  • knowing how language, including figurative language, vocabulary choice, grammar, text structure and organisational features, presents meaning
  • recognising a range of poetic conventions and understanding how these have been used
     

Please provide a review of the resource. Comments, feedback or questions are welcome.

Cover image: National Library of Australia, Portrait of A.B. Paterson (1890). Retrieved 14 August 2021

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PhilippaElder

5 years ago
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Excellent resource with key questions on the poem. Thank you.

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