Starter quiz
- Where is Trinidad and Tobago located?
- in the Caribbean Sea ✓
- in the Mediterranean Sea
- in the Pacific Ocean
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- In a poem about sunsets, what literary device contributes to creating vivid imagery?
- rhyme
- simile ✓
- alliteration
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- Which theme is often associated with the imagery of sunsets?
- adventure
- nature ✓
- science fiction
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- What sound is typically associated with bullfrogs at night?
- hooting
- chirping
- croaking ✓
- hissing
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- Which one of these phrases rhymes with 'a blazing ball of fire'?
- a flaming orb sinks
- across the sea
- in the horizon's embrace
- a sight to admire ✓
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- Which one of these phrases rhymes with 'like a fire ball'?
- in the setting sky
- nature's call ✓
- across the horizon
- a setting sun
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Exit quiz
- Which of these similes best compares to the sun?
- like a shooting star
- like a fire ball ✓
- like a flaming arrow
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- What does 'forested hills' suggest about them?
- They are dense with trees. ✓
- They do not have many trees.
- They are steep and rocky.
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- What instrument did John Lyons compare the bullfrogs to?
- piano
- bells
- bass ✓
- xylophone
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- Which of these words rhyme with 'sky'?
- high ✓
- happy
- July ✓
- key
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- Which of these words rhyme with 'sea'?
- dream
- sunset
- fantasy ✓
- gravity ✓
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- Match the ends of these lines of poetry with their corresponding rhyming couplet.
- painting skies aglow⇔casting a golden show ✓
- a fiery kiss goodnight⇔painting darkness with light ✓
- in hues of orange and red⇔its story read ✓
- the horizon's embrace⇔as daylight starts to erase ✓
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Lesson Details
Key learning points
- Poets use vivid description to create imagery.
- Poets may choose to use figurative language such as personification to bring their poem to life.
- Reading and rereading a poem leads to a richer response and a greater understanding of language within the poem.
- Engaging in conversations about poems allows us to make connections with our own lives and the world around us.
- A theme is a big idea, topic or message that recurs in a poem.
Common misconception
There is only one way to read a poem aloud.
Reading poetry aloud invites the reader to inject their own emotions, personal interpretation and expression into it.
Keywords
Theme - a central idea that the writer intends the audience to engage deeply with.
Imagery - involves the use of vivid and sensory language that appeals to the reader’s senses, creating vivid mental pictures.
Figurative language - includes the use of metaphors, similes, personification and other literary devices to create imaginative meanings.
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