Fiche : The Owl and the Pussycat : le poème d'Edward Lear (CE2)

Anglais	Français
an owl 🦉	un hibou
a pussycat 🐱	un minou, un chat
a pea-green boat 🚣	un bateau vert petit pois
honey 🍯 / money 💰	du miel / de l'argent
a ring 💍	une bague
by the light of the moon 🌙	au clair de lune

Edward Lear était un poète anglais qui adorait les poèmes absurdes. Dans The Owl and the Pussycat (1871), un hibou et une chatte partent en mer dans un beau bateau vert petit pois (a beautiful pea-green boat), avec du miel (honey) et beaucoup d'argent (money). Ils naviguent un an et un jour, achètent une bague (a ring) à un cochon et se marient. Puis ils dansent au clair de lune (by the light of the moon). Repère les rimes : honey / money, moon / spoon !

Mise en situation : le poème

Teacher : The Owl and the Pussycat went to sea...

Le hibou et la chatte partirent en mer...

Kids : In a beautiful pea-green boat!

Dans un beau bateau vert petit pois !

Teacher : What did they take?

Qu'ont-ils emporté ?

Lily : Some honey and plenty of money!

Du miel et beaucoup d'argent !

Teacher : Honey and money: they rhyme! What did they do at the end?

Honey et money : ça rime ! Qu'ont-ils fait à la fin ?

Kids : They danced by the light of the moon!

Ils ont dansé au clair de lune !

À retenir

an owl, a pussycat, a boat, honey, money, a ring, the moon.
They went to sea. They danced by the light of the moon. Honey rhymes with money.

Exercice 1 : The Owl and the Pussycat : exercice 1 (QCM)

🦉
1. an owl
2. an apple
3. an ant
🐱 (dans le poème)
1. a pussycat
2. a puppy
3. a parrot
🍯
1. honey
2. funny
3. money
💰
1. honey
2. monkey
3. money
💍
1. a rink
2. a wing
3. a ring
🌙
1. the moan
2. the moon
3. the noon
De quelle couleur est le bateau ?
1. pea-green
2. red
3. blue
Quel mot rime avec « moon » ?
1. spoon
2. man
3. sun
Qui a écrit le poème ?
1. Roald Dahl
2. Edward Lear
3. Shakespeare
« Ils partirent en mer. »
1. They go to sea.
2. They went to sea.
3. They went to see.

Exercice 2 : The Owl and the Pussycat : exercice 2 (à compléter)

The Owl and the .......................... went to sea.
In a beautiful pea-green .......................... .
They took some .......................... .
And plenty of .......................... .
They bought a .......................... from a pig.
They danced by the light of the .......................... .
Honey rhymes with .......................... .
Moon rhymes with .......................... .
They sailed for a year and a .......................... .
The owl looked up to the .......................... . (étoiles)

Exercice 3 : The Owl and the Pussycat : mise en situation

Tu récites le début.
1. The Owl and the Pussycat went to see!
2. The Owl and the Puppy went to sea!
3. The Owl and the Pussycat went to sea!
Tu dis ce qu'ils ont emporté.
1. Any honey and plenty money.
2. Some honey and plenty of money.
3. Some money and plenty of honey bees.
Tu dis qu'ils ont dansé au clair de lune.
1. They danced by the moon of the light.
2. They danced by the light of the moon.
3. They dance by the light of the moon yesterday.
Tu trouves une rime.
1. Honey rhymes with bee.
2. Honey rhyme with money.
3. Honey rhymes with money.
Tu dis qu'ils ont acheté une bague.
1. They bought a wing.
2. They bought a ring.
3. They buyed a ring.
Tu décris le bateau.
1. It's a boat pea-green.
2. It's a pea-green boat.
3. It's a green peas boat.
Tu dis que tu aimes ce poème.
1. I love this poem!
2. I love this poems!
3. I loves this poem!
Tu dis que le hibou regarde les étoiles.
1. The owl look up at the stars.
2. The owl looks up at the stars.
3. The owl looks up the stars at.
Tu dis qu'ils ont navigué un an et un jour.
1. They sailed for a year and a day.
2. They sail for a year and day.
3. They sailed since a year and a day.
Tu dis que c'est un poème absurde.
1. It's a nonsense poem.
2. It's poem nonsense.
3. It's a no sense poem.

Corrigé

Exercice 1

1. a) an owl · 2. a) a pussycat · 3. a) honey · 4. c) money · 5. c) a ring · 6. b) the moon · 7. a) pea-green · 8. a) spoon · 9. b) Edward Lear · 10. b) They went to sea.

Exercice 2

1. Pussycat · 2. boat · 3. honey · 4. money · 5. ring · 6. moon · 7. money · 8. spoon · 9. day · 10. stars

Exercice 3

1. c) The Owl and the Pussycat went to sea! · 2. b) Some honey and plenty of money. · 3. b) They danced by the light of the moon. · 4. c) Honey rhymes with money. · 5. b) They bought a ring. · 6. b) It's a pea-green boat. · 7. a) I love this poem! · 8. b) The owl looks up at the stars. · 9. a) They sailed for a year and a day. · 10. a) It's a nonsense poem.