Performing a poem for an audience
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can perform a poem for an audience.
Key learning points
- Standing to speak helps to get the audience's attention.
- Successful speaking includes speaking loudly and clearly enough for everyone to hear.
- Successful listening includes looking at the person speaking and paying close attention.
- Speaking with volume helps to hold an audience's attention.
- Actions and sound effects help add to a poem's meaning.
Keywords
Volume - how loud or quiet someone speaks
Audience - a group of people watching a show or event
Nursery rhyme - a type of poem or short song often read or sung to, or by, young children
Common misconception
There may be pupils who do not know a nursery rhyme by heart.
Use the Y1 'Nursery rhyme' unit prior to this lesson to familiarise children with a range of nursery rhymes. Spend time in class singing and reciting nursery rhymes together. Children may wish to choose their favourite nursery rhyme to perform.
Teacher tip
The performances could be worked on and performed as a small group, in pairs or on their own. Decide what would work best for your class. Filming the performances helps pupils to reflect on them.
Licence
Lesson video
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Match the keywords to the correct meanings.
using your voice to talk to someone
paying attention to what someone is saying
how loud or quiet someone speaks
Q2.What is an audience?
Q3.True or false? When we are speaking to an audience, we should shout.
Q4.How can we be a good listener?
Q5.What is a performance?
Q6.Which of these are nursery rhymes?
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.True or false? Nursery rhymes are a type of poem.
Q2.Match the keywords to the correct meanings.
a show that you put on for others
a group of people who watch a show or event
a type of poem that is often sung to a tune
Q3.A successful speaker will …
Q4.Which of the following make a performance more exciting to watch?
Q5.Good listeners …
Q6.True or false? It is useful to get feedback after a performance.
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