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T. S. Eliot

cats alonzo 2.gif (10280 bytes)Cats Activity: Have you ever heard of the Broadway musical CATS?  You might not know that the idea for the play came from a group of poems called Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats by a famous poet named T.S. Eliot. You are going to read some of the poems by T.S. Eliot and answer some questions and write some paragraphs.

The questions are on this worksheet.

The pictures on this page are the characters from the musical, CATS.  Isn't the makeup wonderful?

   

cats cass-karen.jpg (1672 bytes)CATS  Activity #1:  In this activity you are going to read the first poem in Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats. This poem is called The Naming of Cats.   Read the poem here.  Print this worksheet and answer the questions. 


bjones.jpg (4027 bytes)CATS Activity #2: Read the poem called The Old Gumbie Cat and answer the questions on this worksheet. Read the poem here.


CATS Activity #3: Read the poem called Rum Tum Tugger here and write the required paragraph on this worksheet.


CATS Activity #4: Read the poem called Song of the Jellicle here and write the requiredmisto.jpg (3643 bytes) paragraph on the worksheet.


CATS Activity #5: Read at least one of the other poems from Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats.  See list below.  Write a paragraph about the poem you choose.

cats moments.jpg (4480 bytes)Other Cat sites:

CATS Synopsis http://cats.users5.50megs.com/synopsis.htm


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