Starter quiz
- Poets ...
- write information books.
- paint pictures.
- write poems. ✓
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- Which words have the same letters at the end?
- pig ✓
- girl
- wig ✓
- pot
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- The words 'boom' and 'crash' are examples of ...
- rhyme
- repetition
- proper nouns
- onomatopoeia ✓
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- Identify the example of onomatopoeia that best describes a quiet sound.
- shhh ✓
- bang
- bedtime
- honk
- library
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- Which of these is an example of a poet?
- Splish Splash Splosh
- Firework Poem
- James Carter ✓
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- Identify the words containing the 'oo' sound.
- burn
- boot ✓
- clue ✓
- star
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Exit quiz
- Select the words that rhyme with each other.
- button
- bite ✓
- gate
- flight ✓
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- Identify the word that best describes jumping in a puddle.
- shhh
- zoom
- splash ✓
- ding-dong
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- Match the key word to the definition.
- chorus⇔part of a song or rhyme that is repeated after every verse ✓
- rhyme⇔repetition in the sounds at the ends of words ✓
- onomatopoeia⇔a type of word that sounds like what it describes ✓
- Complete this sentence: 'See, hear, smell, touch and __________ are all senses.'
- tongue
- food
- taste ✓
- sleep
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- Which of these words contain the 'igh' sound?
- pea
- pit
- fight ✓
- pie ✓
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- Complete this sentence: Repetition makes poems ...
- long.
- easy to remember. ✓
- rhyme.
- easy to imagine.
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Lesson Details
Key learning points
- A chorus is a part of a poem that repeats again and again.
- Onomatopoeia is when a word sounds like what it is describing.
- Poems can make the listener think about their own experiences.
- Repetition adds to the rhythm of the poem helping to make it fun to read and easy to remember.
- Splish! Splash! Splosh! uses lots of descriptive words to talk about different sensory experiences about water.
Common misconception
Children may think that all words with similar sounds rhyme.
Explain that words need to have the same sound at the end to rhyme. Look at words that rhyme and words that do not rhyme, but have the same sound in the middle.
Keywords
Chorus - part of a song or rhyme that is repeated after every verse
Senses - seeing, smelling, hearing, touching and tasting
Repetition - the repeated use of sounds, words or phrases
Onomatopoeia - a type of word that sounds like what it describes
Rhyme - repetition in the sounds at the end of words
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