Vocabulary Viper Session Date:

1) Can you accurately read all of these words?

2) Can you find and highlight the following words in the text?

beware shun frumious vorpal foe awhile whiffling galumphing

3) Your teacher will read the text aloud to you. Follow the text.

Now, you can re-read the text with a partner.

4) With a partner discuss the meanings of these words, using clues in the text. As you have learnt in English, many of these are portmanteau words and, therefore, will not be found in the dictionary. Try substituting synonyms (words with a similar meaning) into the sentence and see if they still make sense. Can you put them into sentences of your own?

What it actually means Words I do not know What I think it means (if it is in the dictionary)

The - - an extract

‘Beware the Jabberwock, my son! The jaws that bite, the claws that catch! Beware the , and shun The frumious !’

He took his vorpal sword in hand: Long time the manxome foe he sought— So rested he by the Tumtum tree, And stood awhile in thought.

And, as in uffish thought he stood, The Jabberwock, with eyes of flame, Came whiffling through the tulgey wood, And burbled as it came!

One, two! One, two! And through and through The vorpal blade went snicker-snack! He left it dead, and with its head He went galumphing back.

Termly Focus: Vocabulary

1. Look at verse/stanza one. Find and copy one word that means the same as ‘Watch out for…’

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2. He took his vorpal sword in hand… Write three English words that you could use instead of vorpal.

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3. Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun The frumious Bandersnatch!

What does the word shun mean in the poem? Tick two. fight

feed

hug

avoid

4. Which phrase below best matches the meaning of the word sought? Tick one. sorted out fought with

searched for worried about

5. Long time the manxome foe he sought… What does foe mean in this sentence?

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6. What class of words are frumious, vorpal and manxome in the poem? Tick one. adjectives adverbs

nouns determiners

7. In stanza 3 it says, ‘The Jabberwock, with eyes of flame…’, what does this phrase tell you about the Jabberwock?

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8. ‘And through and through, The vorpal blade went snicker-snack.’ By writing a line in this way, what effect has the author created?

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9. Find and copy 2 phrases (groups of words) that give you the impression that the Jabberwock is fierce. a) ______b) ______

10. Find and copy one phrase (groups of words) that indicates that the boy is thoughtful

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