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- Year 1
Introduction to Poetry: 'Zim Zam Zoom' by James Carter
I can explain what a poet is and name some poetic features.
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- Year 1
Introduction to Poetry: 'Zim Zam Zoom' by James Carter
I can explain what a poet is and name some poetic features.
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Key learning points
- A poet is someone who writes poems.
- Poems try to use words in a special way to create a feeling or to tell a story.
- James Carter is a poet who uses rhyming words in his poems.
- Repetition in poems can make the poem fun to say and easy to remember.
- James Carter uses onomatopoeia which helps us to imagine what sounds can be heard in a story or a poem.
Keywords
Poet - a person who writes poetry
Poem - a piece of creative writing that often has a specific rhythm, structure or pattern
Onomatopoeia - a type of word that sounds like what it describes
Rhyme - repetition in the sounds at the ends of words
Repetition - the repeated use of sounds, words or phrases
Common misconception
Pupils may struggle to give a reason for their opinion.
Model lots of examples using 'because' to expand upon their choice. Call on confident pupils to share their reasons for their opinions and give lots of praise for using 'because' in a sentence.
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