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Chivvy Poem

The document provides biographical information about British children's author Michael Rosen and discusses teaching objectives for analyzing a poem about a child's experience in the classroom. It then presents the poem, which describes a young boy being annoyed and interrupted by his strict teacher, and provides discussion questions about the child's perspective and whether instructing children in such a way is reasonable. Finally, it gives sample answers to textbook questions about the rules grown-ups impose and how they could follow better rules themselves.

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Chivvy Poem

The document provides biographical information about British children's author Michael Rosen and discusses teaching objectives for analyzing a poem about a child's experience in the classroom. It then presents the poem, which describes a young boy being annoyed and interrupted by his strict teacher, and provides discussion questions about the child's perspective and whether instructing children in such a way is reasonable. Finally, it gives sample answers to textbook questions about the rules grown-ups impose and how they could follow better rules themselves.

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Michael Wayne Rosen

Born May 7, 1946


Harrow, London
Family – Harold (Father)
Connie Isakofsy
(Mother)
Occupation –
Children's novelist and
poet
Nationality - British
 To develop interest of the students for the
poem.
 To enable the students to understand the
poem.
 To enrich the vocabulary of the students.
 To appreciate poetry.
Giving pressure to someone to do the work, in
an annoying
way.
When the poet was five years old, his mother sent
him to the nearby school for his early education. As
we all are familiar with the strict teachers of the
primary schools as well as their rules in the class;
both the things are evil for the cute children of the
school. But what can they do to safe themselves
from school, they have to suffer. Same thing was
happened to the poet.
Teachers annoyed him by many ways. So read the
poem taking yourself in place of poet.
 Drag – to pull or to pass slowly
 Interrupt – to stop by breaking in or to obstruct

– to look fixedly
Stare
 Why did the small child stare in the classroom?
 Is the teacher is doing well of the students?
 List any five restriction applied by the teacher.
 Why did the teacher asked the student for the
hankie?
Short Questions
Q1. Why are the instructions given?
Ans: So that they may learn good manners.

Q2. Who have the habit of always instructing the child?


Ans: Grown-ups.

Q3. How far are the instructions liked by the children?


Ans: They are not liked by most children.

Q4. Do you have a hankie?


Ans: Yes

Q5. It is good manners to keep your hand inside the pocket?


Ans: No

Q6. Do you think the adults should stop instructions the children?
Ans: No, the adults must instruct the children but they should do
so in a pleased way.
Answers of the Textbook Questions
Q1. The last two lines of the poem are not prohibitions or instruction. What is the adult now
asking the child to do? Do you think the poet is suggesting that this is unreasonable? Why?

Ans: In the last two lines, the adults are asking the child to think himself and to be independent
in taking decisions which is unreasonable because they themselves don’t allow the child to take
any decision. They always tell him what to do or what not to do. So, their asking the child to
make up his own mind is surely unreasonable.
Q2. Why do you think grown-ups say the kind of things mentioned in the poem? Is it important
that they teach children good manners, and how to behave in public?

Ans: The grown-ups say such kind of things to their children in order to teach them good
manners, etiquettes and how to behave in public. It is important to teach the children all these
things so that they learn good manners and how to behave in the society, at home and with
their elders and youngsters. Our elders are our guide and friends.
Q3. If you had to make some rules for grown-ups to follow, what would you say? Make at least
five such rules.
Ans: If we have to make some rules for grown-ups to follow, we would say:
Don’t stop us from playing,
Don’t ask us to study,
Allow us to watch T.V.,
Take us for outings,
Above all,
Don’t Chivvy.
 Critically read the poem.
 Express your experience when you were in the
place of the poet.

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