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Weekly English


Monday 20th April 2020

This week we are focusing on the poetry unit

This will include memorising and reciting a poem Discussing imagery created by poems and using a poem structure to create our own inspired poem


LI: To show imagery created through reading poetry

Success Criteria

• Read given poem several times

• Discuss what pictures are created in our minds and why

• Draw you own scene imagined from the poem

• Label the scene with words from the poem

You will need your colouring pencils from your

home learning pack.


Move on

Silver


Move on Listen carefully to the poem Silver by Walter de la Mare. It does not matter if you do not understand all of the words . Why do you think I’m showing you pictures of the moon?


Slowly, silently, now

the moon

Walks the night in her

silver shoon;

This way, and that, she

peers, and sees

Silver fruit upon silver

trees;

One by one the

casements catch

Her beams beneath

the silvery thatch;

Move on Click on the picture to hear a YouTube clip of the poem being read aloud

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldfZDyl-3Eg


Couched in his kennel,

like a log,

With paws of silver

sleeps the dog;

From their shadowy

cote the white breasts

peep

Of doves in silver

feathered sleep

A harvest mouse goes

scampering by,

With silver claws, and

silver eye; Move on


And moveless fish in

the water gleam,

By silver reeds in a silver

stream.

Next

poem


Go back and read/hear this poem through AT LEAST 3 TIMES

Which parts stood out

for you?

Why did I first show you

pictures of the moon?

What is this poem

about?




LI: To show imagery created through reading poetry You have 2 tasks to complete today 1) Draw one scene in your book that shows what happens in the poem. This

should be coloured in , to full y show what you see in your mind when reading the poem.

2) Either with a ruler label the images in your picture using the EXACT words from the poem, OR write a paragraph underneath your picture explaining what you have drawn and why.

Steps for success in the task Read the poem back thinking carefully what is happening in the poem. Carefully draw the image in your mind and colour this in thinking of the time

of day mentioned in the poem. Pick out keywords or phrases from the poem to label your picture

appropriately E.G. harvest mouse goes scampering by OR write at least 3 sentences which explains where you got you ideas from within the poem.


Tuesday 21st April 2020

Tuesday 21st April 2020

LI: To examine and explain word choices within poetry

Success Criteria

• Identify unknown or interesting word choices used by an author

• Use a dictionary (online) to explore meanings of words

• Find literacy devices used by author

• Suggest reasons why word choices are effective


We shall first look back at the poem and underline/write down any of the word which you do not know the meaning of.

The poem is written on one page on the next slide or you can look back at yesterdays.

Task 1 – note any unknown words.

Yesterday we looked at the poem Silver by Walter De La Mare. Today we are going to look at some of the words used in the poem in more detail.


Task 2

Use the online dictionary to look up ANY OF YOUR unknown words and write these in your exercise book with a definition

Example: Shoon – An old word for shoes (plural noun). Cote – Couched –

https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/



You are going to look in detail at words used in the poem by

answering some questions in your book.

Underneath are some helpful hints if you have forgotten what

some of the grammatical words mean that are mentioned in

the questions.

Task 3

Look back at the poem and answer these questions (answers are at the end of todays slide so you can mark your own when complete – PLEASE DO NOT CHEAT!!!)

1) Find and copy out the two adverbs describing how the moon walks

2) Find and copy out the simile.

3)Who or what does that simile describe?

4) Do you think that it is a good simile? Why?

5) ‘Couched in his kennel...’ These words start with the same sound - this is called alliteration. Find and copy out another phrase that has some alliteration in it.

6) Are the trees really ‘silver’? Why has the poet described them this way?

7) What does the word ‘scampering’ tell us about how the harvest mouse moves?


Tomorrow we shall start

to compose our own

poem on the golden

sun using this moon

poem as our inspiration.

Have a think today what

happens to the way

different things look or

act in the sunlight.

E.g. lakes, trees, eyes,

skin, newts, children

Answers to todays vocabulary questions

1)Find and copy out the two adverbs describing how the moon walks.

Slowly and silently.

2)Find and copy out the simile.

The simile is ‘like a log’.

3) Who or what does that simile describe?

The simile describes the dog.

4) Do you think that it is a good simile? Why?

Answers can be different, but should refer to the fact that the dog does not move as it is asleep. 5) ‘Couched in his kennel...’ These words start with the same sound - this is called alliteration. Find and copy out another phrase that has some alliteration in it.

Answers could be: Slowly, silently casements catch beams beneath silver sleeps

Repetition of the word silver is not strictly alliteration.

6) Are the trees really ‘silver’? Why has the poet described them this way?

The trees are not really silver. The poet describes them as silver because the moonlight makes them look silver.

7)What does the word ‘scampering’ tell us about how the harvest mouse moves?

The word scampering tells us that the harvest mouse is moving quickly.


Wednesday 22nd April 2020

Wednesday 22nd April 2020

LI:- To generate ideas for my own poem

Success Criteria

• Look at a range of literacy devises used in the ‘silver’ poem.

• Generate some ideas about animals and objects that could have been used in

the silver nighttime poem

• Think about how to add authors techniques to our own ideas

• Understand that redrafting first attempts is normal part of writing process

• Generate own initial ideas about a golden sunlight poem

Today we will first practice how to generate ideas for a poem by working through ideas that could have appeared in the ‘Silver’ poem. Then we shall apply the same techniques to make our first ideas about a sunlight poem in the same style as Walter de la Mere.


Kidbrooke Park Primary School – Home Learning

Today I shall guide you to generate word choices and phrases for your own poem on the ‘golden sunlight’. We shall first look at what Walter de la Mare did in his Silver poem about night time and use this to influence our own poem which we shall write in tomorrows lessons

Can you find any of the following in his poem? Adverbs Repetition Alliteration Personification Similes Use of animals Use of objects Use of colour Use of movement


How many literacy devices can you find from the list on the last slide?

Personification – ‘now the moon walks the night in her silver shoon’ The moon is not a human person so can not walk anywhere! This is personification when objects or animals are given human qualities Adverbs – slowly silently Repetition – the use of the word silver more than once ‘silver fruit on silver trees’ Alliteration – ‘couched in his kennel’ the same first sound repeated in a phrase, in this case it is the ‘c’ sound repeated in couched and kennel. Use of colour – silver, silvery, white and shadows (imagery of blackness) Use of animals – harvest mouse, dog, doves and fish Use of objects – fruit, trees, kennel, log Rhyming couplets – last word of a pair of lines rhymes with each other ‘moon and shoon or log and dog or by and eye etc.’



We shall now breakdown the poem into parts that can be repeated for your own poem

Task – 3 minutes List as many settings or objects that are touched by moonlight Example What is touched by moonlight? the fence of their garden; the bonnets of the cars;



Adverbs Repetition Alliteration Personification Similes Use of animals Use of objects Use of colour Use of movement

When creating ideas about the moonlight try to include a few of the writers features where possible



Task – 3 minutes List animals you think of at night? And what are they doing? Example – foxes at bins looking for leftovers



Do not worry about rhyming. You now need to look at your basic ideas and add details or improve verb choices to each idea. TRY TO USE THE LIST WE SEARCHED THE POEM FOR E.G. SIMILIE AND REPETITION. Writers play around with word order all the time until they are happy. They have many ‘failed’ attempts before they are happy. This ‘failure’ or not settling for their first try is what improves their work and is a normal part of the writing process.

1st ideas about a fence One by one the fence posts light With silver nails and silver planks 1st ideas about a fox Silently, stealthily, like a thief, Peering into the bin, leans the fox

After rearranging words it now becomes

The fox leans silently and stealthily peering into the bin like a thief.

It’s now going to be your turn today to generate ideas for a ‘golden sunlight poem’ Using the same process of thinking of animals and objects in the sunlight. What do they look like and what do the animals do?

Tomorrow we shall put the ideas together to form a finished poem. Today you need to focus on getting your first ideas about animals and objects in the sun. Just like the previous slide! I have put some pictures and words on the next 2 pages to give you some ideas about how animals behave in the sun and what objects may look like.

Word bank Gold Golden Mellow Yellow Shine Shimmer Gleam Reflect Beam Beaming Dazzle Dazzling Glimmer Sparkle Bright

Stroll Casual Sink Ooze Squelch Melt Drip Rest Laze Lazy Relax Stretch Roll Saunter Amble


Thursday 23rd April 2020

Thursday 23rd April 2020

LI: To compose my own poem in the style of

Walter de la Mare

Success Criteria

• Review progress so far on compiling ideas for a golden sun poem

• Try to include more literacy devices

• Rearrange ideas into a pleasing order so when read aloud it sounds

joined

• Evaluate which areas of the poem you are pleased with and a line which

you think could be improved



Yesterday you created ideas of things and animals in the sunlight. You thought about how they looked or acted.



Ideas you may have thought of might be -basking bodies in the brilliant sun (alliteration) - Golden fur sweltering in the golden light (repetition and verb choices) - pools whispering peaceful words as they pat your skin (personification) - Smiles comforting like a baby’s first giggle (simile) - Yellow rays of happiness bursting through the clouds - Dazzling reflections blinding the naked eye - Gold light stroking the ripples of the sea - Cats stretching and rolling tired muscles against the gold studded floor

If you like any of the above please feel free to magpie some of the ideas for your own poem today



We are going to use this as the first 4 lines of our poem for you to continue

Slowly, silently, now the sun Walks the day in her golden shoon; This way, and that, she peers, and sees Golden fruit upon golden trees; Can you spot how this is very similar to the start of the Silver poem? Go back and compare these starts to each other. What is the same?

Your Task for today is to copy the first 4 lines given to you below in your book and then arrange your ideas into a poem. Think about whether you can improve any of these before placing them in the finished poem. You may decide not to include all of your ideas or maybe add a few new ones (you might want to edit some of my ideas!)

Slowly, silently, now the sun Walks the day in her golden shoon; This way, and that, she peers, and sees Golden fruit upon golden trees;



Reflection Look back at your poem 1) What imagery have you

used that you are pleased with?

2) What literacy devices have you used E.G. alliteration, simile, repetition, personification, adverbs?

3) What part do you think could be improved if you had more time?


Friday 24th April 2020



Friday 23rd April 2020

LI: To recite a poem by heart using performance

techniques

Success Criteria

• Develop understanding of how to perform a poem for an audience

• Choose a poem which appeals to you

• Memorise the poem using actions as visual prompts

• Perform the poem to a family member (if possible download to

purple mash blog)

NO WRITING IN BOOKS NEEDED THIS LESSON



What does it mean to perform a poem to an audience? What makes it different to just reading a piece of text aloud to your teacher or friends?

Watch Michael Rosen top tips on how to perform poems or stories on YouTube (6 minutes) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RvV23xoZRkI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RvV23xoZRkI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RvV23xoZRkI



See how he performs his famous poem Chocolate cake – it will really make you smile or laugh. Can you spot some of his top tips? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7BxQLITdOOc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7BxQLITdOOc

















techniques

Look at the next 5 slides and chose a poem to learn and perform

using the some of Michael Rosen’s performance techniques.

If you really do not like one of these, feel free to learn off by heart and

recite a poem of your choice.

If possible please post a recording of your performance poetry on the

KPLC blog in Purple Mash.



techniques

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