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__** Beth Gelert - view a copy of this poem **__


You have heard this poem - take another LOOK and LISTEN!!

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Column 3 - look up the meaning on an on-line dictionary and write it here.
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__** Here are some more poems concerning dogs! **__
__** [|Australian poems about dogs] **__

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Now read it yourself here:

=__**[|Song of The Highwayman] **__=

media type="custom" key="21198292"The Highwayman voicethread -- ENJOY!!


 * I hope you are enjoying The Highwayman - it is a very old and well known English poem - I learnt it when I was in Year 6 and my class performed it at The City of Sydney Eistefodd which we won!!!!!!! Take a look at the poem again here - it will help you with word meaning. **

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Follow and listen to this Voicethread talking about poems and illustrations
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Now for a wonderful Australian poet - Dorothea Mackellar. You can listen to Dorothea read her own poem - "My Country" and watch an accompanying video. Also, wo well known Australian singers have written their own version of the poem. You can watch them perform this.

Just click on the link below!!

[|http://www.lancescoular.com/my-country-by-dorothea-mackellar.html#c]

=‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍__‍ Some good old Aussie poetry!! Banjo Paterson ‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍__=

Find out about the poet himself:

= The Snowy Mountains - take a look ..... = =[|Snowy Mountains]=