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- Year 2
Performing 'The Shockadile Crocodile!' by Joseph Coelho
I can perform an interactive poem for an audience.
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- Year 2
Performing 'The Shockadile Crocodile!' by Joseph Coelho
I can perform an interactive poem for an audience.
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Lesson details
Key learning points
- The poem ‘The Shockadile Crocodile!’ is an interactive poem where the audience join in saying parts of the poem.
- When performing a poem, we can use actions to make it more exciting.
- The poem ‘The Shockadile Crocodile!’ is a tongue twister, so it is important to slow down when we perform it.
- We should think about volume as well as pace when we perform poetry.
Keywords
Interactive poem - a poem that encourages the audience to actively participate, either by responding, repeating words, or performing actions as they listen
Tongue twister - a fun group of words that are tricky to say quickly because they have lots of similar sounds
Pace - how fast or slow we speak
Volume - the loudness or softness of your voice when speaking or reading a poem
Common misconception
Pupils might not understand what a 'tongue twister' is.
Use the example 'She sells seashells by the seashore' and discuss why this is a tongue twister. Use this example to demonstrate how it becomes easier to say if we slow down.
To help you plan your year 2 English lesson on: Performing 'The Shockadile Crocodile!' by Joseph Coelho, download all teaching resources for free and adapt to suit your pupils' needs...
To help you plan your year 2 English lesson on: Performing 'The Shockadile Crocodile!' by Joseph Coelho, download all teaching resources for free and adapt to suit your pupils' needs.
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