Exploring and performing 'Hide and Seek' by Matt Goodfellow

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I can explore a poem and perform it for an audience.

Matt Goodfellow is an award-winning poet and former teacher.
‘Hide and Seek’ is a playful and imaginative poem about the game ‘hide and seek'.
The poet uses different poetic devices including rhyme and rhythm to make the poem fun and lively to read.
When performing a poem, we can experiment with our voice and volume.
It is important to have fun when performing.

Rhyme - repetition of the sounds at the end of words
Rhythm - the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables that creates the beat or flow of the poem
Volume - the loudness or softness of your voice when speaking or reading a poem
Gesture - a movement that helps express an idea or meaning

Pupils may want more time to practise their performances.

You could teach the lesson across two lessons, with one lesson given for rehearsing.

Have copies of 'Caterpillar Cake' by Matt Goodfellow in the classroom. Read the different poems aloud regularly with the children.

You need access to the poem 'Hide and Seek', which is available in the additional materials for this lesson.

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