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- Year 4
Exploring and performing 'Night Flight' by Laura Mucha
I can identify a range of poetic devices and perform a poem.
- Year 4
Exploring and performing 'Night Flight' by Laura Mucha
I can identify a range of poetic devices and perform a poem.
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Lesson details
Key learning points
- Poets can use a range of poetic devices to enhance the meaning or impact of their poems.
- Personification is describing a non-living thing as if it is a person.
- Alliteration is when words that begin with the same sound are placed close together.
- Understanding a poem, its language and the impression it creates will help us to create an impactful performance.
- There are many things we can do to prepare for a performance, including practising reading the poem aloud.
Keywords
Imagery - the use of language to create a mental picture or sensory experience for the reader or listener
Alliteration - the repetition of the same sound found at the start of words that come close together
Personification - describing a non-living thing as if it is a person
Atmosphere - the mood created in a section or whole of a text
Common misconception
Pupils may think a person is either 'good' or 'bad' at performing.
Explain that successful performances need practice, like any skill. By identifying the elements that contribute to a successful performance, we can then practise them.
To help you plan your year 4 English lesson on: Exploring and performing 'Night Flight' by Laura Mucha, download all teaching resources for free and adapt to suit your pupils' needs...
To help you plan your year 4 English lesson on: Exploring and performing 'Night Flight' by Laura Mucha, download all teaching resources for free and adapt to suit your pupils' needs.
The starter quiz will activate and check your pupils' prior knowledge, with versions available both with and without answers in PDF format.
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Explore more key stage 2 English lessons from the Laura Mucha: performance poetry unit, dive into the full primary English curriculum, or learn more about lesson planning.
Equipment
You need a copy of the poem ‘Night Flight’, which is featured on page 23 in the 2020 Otter-Barry Books edition of ‘Dear Ugly Sisters’ written by Laura Mucha, for this lesson.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.What is a poem?
Q2.Which of the following are correct? A poet…
Q3.Which of the following about Laura Mucha are true?
Q4.True or false? ‘Dear Ugly Sisters’ is Laura Mucha’s debut poetry collection for children.
Q5.What is an impression?
Q6.Which of the following are poetic devices?
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.What is imagery?
Q2.Match the keywords to the correct definitions.
the repetition of the same sound at the start of words close together
describing a non-living thing as if it is a person
the mood created in a section or whole of a text