‘A Case of Murder’ by Vernon Scannell is a poem about a nine-year-old boy who, having been left home alone, kills his pet cat.
Class 1.1 have…
- Studied poetic techniques: imagery, word choice and rhyme
- Discussed the issue of Animal Cruelty
- Debated the killing of the cat
- Role-played characters
- Written a Newspaper Article
The case of a murder was good when the boy killed the cat but the bad thing was his mum and dad left him in the house by him self.