Starter quiz
- Which words have the same letters at the end?
- hat ✓
- hog
- sky
- mat ✓
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- Identify the verb.
- sunny
- running ✓
- loud
- Andeep
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- Identify the adjective in this sentence: He gave her a shiny ring.
- gave
- her
- shiny ✓
- ring
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- What is the name of a person who writes poems?
- author
- poet ✓
- illustrator
- actor
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- Poems are ...
- non-fiction
- fiction ✓
- paintings
- videos
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- Poems often have ...
- real information
- short lines. ✓
- repeated words. ✓
- rhyming words. ✓
- facts.
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Exit quiz
- Select the words that rhyme with each other.
- see ✓
- tap
- tea ✓
- cow
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- Identify the word that best describes a firework exploding.
- shhh
- boom ✓
- splash
- ding-dong
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- What does the poet James Carter imagine that he is in 'Firework Poem'?
- a fire
- a worker
- a doctor
- a firework ✓
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- Identify the first person word.
- I ✓
- you
- he
- they
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- Match the word to the definition:
- rhyme⇔repetition in the sounds at the ends of words ✓
- onomatopoeia⇔a type of word that sounds like what it describes ✓
- verb⇔a doing or being word ✓
- adjective⇔a word that describes a noun ✓
- How does the poet James Carter help us to imagine what being a firework would be like?
- He tells us to watch a fireworks display.
- He uses exciting verbs and nouns. ✓
- He repeats the word "firework" lots of times.
- He uses the first person to describe what a firework sounds and looks like. ✓
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Lesson Details
Key learning points
- Using the first person helps us think from someone or something else’s perspective.
- Using "I" allows us to imagine we are someone or something else.
- Using exciting nouns and verbs help us to use our imagination to know what something looks or sounds like.
- James Carter is a poet who uses words that rhyme and onomatopoeia in his poems.
- Onomatopoeia is when a word sounds like what it is describing.
Common misconception
Pupils may not be familiar with fireworks and how they look and sound.
Find a video of a fireworks display to show the children. Ensure the video is a good example of the different sounds and sights that are synonymous with firework displays.
Keywords
Rhyme - repetition in the sounds at the ends of words
Perspective - point of view
First person - the 'I/we' perspective
Onomatopoeia - a type of word that sounds like what it describes
Imagination - forming a thought or picture of something or someone that is not actually there
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