Performance of James Carter poems
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Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can perform a poem by James Carter.
Key learning points
- Poems can be learnt by heart by listening to them again and again.
- Making comparisons means finding similarities and differences in a poem, such as the use of rhyme and onomatopoeia.
- Personal responses are a way of sharing your own thoughts, feelings, and opinions about the text.
- Actions and sound effects help to add to a poem's meaning.
- Expression and volume help to hold an audience's attention.
Keywords
Performance - the act of presenting or reciting a poem in front of an audience using voice, gestures and expression
Volume - the loudness or softness of the voice when speaking or reading a poem
Expression - reading with feelings and emotion to bring a poem to life
Recite - to speak or perform a poem aloud from memory
Opinion - a personal view about something
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.
Teacher tip
Children can work alone, in pairs or in groups to perform poems. You can group children depending on what they chose as their favourite poem. Groupwork might allow children to perform better as they can practise smaller chunks to perform so they will be more likely to remember the words.
Equipment
You will need copies of the poems studied in this unit for this lesson, available in the additional materials of Lessons 1-4.
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