Starter quiz
- True or false? A team is a group of people gathered together to watch or listen to a performance.
- True
- False ✓
- When being a member of an audience, it is important that you do which of these?
- Be quiet when the performance starts. ✓
- Cheer loudly while people are speaking.
- Be respectful and clap at the end. ✓
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- True or false? Performance in poetry refers to the act of presenting or reciting a poem in front of an audience.
- True ✓
- False
- What type of poem is 'The Morning Rush' by John Foster?
- a scary poem
- a humorous poem ✓
- a sad poem
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- True or false? Volume refers to the loudness or softness of the voice when speaking or reading a poem.
- True ✓
- False
- True or false? A loud volume could show excitement or amazement.
- True ✓
- False
Exit quiz
- Rachel Rooney was born in ...
- Luton.
- London. ✓
- Liverpool.
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- Rachel Rooney is known for writing imaginative poetry for ...
- adults.
- children. ✓
- teachers.
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- 'Home Time' is a poem written from the perspective of which object?
- a teacher's desk
- a classroom clock ✓
- a playground climbing frame
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- Which word from the poem tells us that the clock is angry with a child?
- "disgrace" ✓
- "digital"
- "relief"
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- What is the clock 'relieved' about in the poem?
- that the children have arrived on time
- that the teacher is there
- that the school day is over ✓
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- Which word is repeated at the end of the poem to show that it is now quiet and that time is continuing?
- "ticking" ✓
- "glueing"
- "sticking"
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Key learning points
- Home Time is a poem about the end of the school day.
- Home Time is a poem written from the perspective of the classroom clock.
- Home Time is a poem that uses personification.
- Personification and perspective can be an imaginitive way to create humour.
Common misconception
Pupils may think that a poem cannot be written from the perspective of an object that isn't alive.
Teach pupils that personification is a fun and imaginative poetic technique to know and use.
Keywords
Perspective - the point of view or position from which the poet writes
Personification - a way of describing a non-living thing as if it acts or feels like a human
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