refers to the act of presenting or reciting a poem in front of an audience

reading with feelings and emotion to bring the poem to life

the loudness or softness of the voice when speaking or reading a poem

a movement that helps express an idea or meaning

Performing your own imaginative poem

English

Reading and responding to 'Wide Open' by Rachel Rooney

Reading and responding to 'If You Could See Laughter' by Mandy Coe

Reading and responding to 'The Magic Box' by Kit Wright

Writing your own imaginative poem

In this unit, pupils use Kit Wright's poem The Magic Box’ to explore poetic devices such as alliteration, similes and repetition. In ’Humorous Poetry’, pupils will build on this by using several different poems from different poets to explore how those devices are used by others. ’

In Poetry: Nursery Rhymes’, pupils were introduced to several different nursery rhymes and began to explore the poetic devices used such as rhyming words and repetition. In this unit, they will build on this by extending the repertoire of poems they've read and responded to and looking at more poetic devices such as similes. ’

In this unit, pupils read and respond to three different imaginative poems by different poets. They will write their own imaginative poems following the same structure as 'The Magic Box'. Finally, pupils will perform their own poems to an audience.

'The Magic Box': reading imaginative poetry

After reading and writing our poems, the final thing to do is to __________ our poem to an audience.

True or false? An audience is a group of people gathered together to watch or listen to a performance. 

True or false? Performance in poetry refers to the act of presenting or reciting a poem in front of a mirror.

Which of these do we use to enhance our impact on an audience when performing poetry?

__________ refers to the loudness or softness of the voice when speaking or reading a poem.

__________ is a movement that helps express an idea or meaning.

True or false? Structure in poetry refers to the way a poem is organised or put together. 

A __________ is a single line or a group of lines within a poem.

True or false? In Kit Wright's poem 'The Magic Box', the first verse starts with a line where the poet says that he will put something in the box.

a sip of water from a beautiful lake in Switzerland

In verse 2, what items does Kit Wright put into the special box?

True or false? The second verse follows exactly the same structure as the first verse, with an identical first line. 

Contrasting items means comparing two things that are very ...

Starter Quiz

True or false? Structure in poetry refers to the way a poem is organised or put together.