Humorous poetry
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Why this why now
This unit uses and builds on pupils' knowledge and understanding of a variety of poetic devices, which were explored in the prior unit, 'The Magic Box': reading imaginative poetry'. In this unit, pupils use a range of different poems from different poets to explore how they use language choice and poetic devices to create humour. Pupils will use their understanding of each poem to read aloud with expression and reflect on their reading. This unit prepares pupils for 'Performance Poetry', where they will respond to and perform a variety of different poems.
Prior knowledge requirements
- To know how to write a simple sentence with a capital letter and full stop
- To know that an adjective describes a noun
- To know that when you use two adjectives to describe a noun, a comma is placed between them
- To know that adverbs describe verbs
- To know that poetry is a form of writing
- To know that a poet is the name for a person who writes poetry
- To know that poems can make the reader have an emotional response
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Why this why now
This unit uses and builds on pupils' knowledge and understanding of a variety of poetic devices, which were explored in the prior unit, 'The Magic Box': reading imaginative poetry'. In this unit, pupils use a range of different poems from different poets to explore how they use language choice and poetic devices to create humour. Pupils will use their understanding of each poem to read aloud with expression and reflect on their reading. This unit prepares pupils for 'Performance Poetry', where they will respond to and perform a variety of different poems.
Prior knowledge requirements
- To know how to write a simple sentence with a capital letter and full stop
- To know that an adjective describes a noun
- To know that when you use two adjectives to describe a noun, a comma is placed between them
- To know that adverbs describe verbs
- To know that poetry is a form of writing
- To know that a poet is the name for a person who writes poetry
- To know that poems can make the reader have an emotional response
Reading, writing & oracy
Humorous poetry
In this unit, pupils read and respond to a variety of humorous poems by different poets. They will learn about the poets, explore the meaning and themes within each poem and identify the poetic devices used. Pupils will practise reading each poem aloud with expression to convey meaning.
6 lessons in unit
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