Ottos Mops

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Ottos Mops

Contributor: Steven Fawkes from a recommendation

Language of text: German
Type of text: Poem
Author or source: Ernst Jandl
Intended age of students: Key Stage 3
Source reference: Words and audio
http://www.lyrikline.org/de/gedichte/ottos-mops-1232#.Va-DbfntlBc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMtCa-_ygto

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Approaches:
The poem works as quite a simple tongue twister, with the advantage of actually meaning something!

So the steps could be:
listen to the reading
listen and follow the words
read aloud a few times to perfect pronunciation
dictionary work to check meaning
writing the verse out with appropriate punctuation

Rationale:
This short poem is playful in its use of short words with similar sounds, ans of quite graphic vernacular!
It is unpunctuated

Outcomes:
A more able class might try to write other short texts based on alliteration or assonance
Roses Renntier
Victors Wal,
Chloes Kaninchen

Topics or themes:

Grammar:
Punctuation

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How much time required:
flexible

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