Starter quiz
- Which of these are poems by Joseph Coelho?
- 'If All The World Were Paper' ✓
- 'I Am A Writer' ✓
- 'On the Ning Nang Nong'
- 'Miss Flotsam' ✓
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- Which of these is the definition of a 'theme'?
- a way of describing and comparing something by saying that it is something else
- a big idea, topic or message that recurs within a text ✓
- the use of language to create a mental picture or sensory experience
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- Which of these is the definition of a 'metaphor'?
- a way of describing and comparing something by saying that it is something else ✓
- a big idea, topic or message that recurs within a text
- the use of language to create a mental picture or sensory experience
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- Which of these is the definition of 'imagery'?
- a way of describing and comparing something by saying that it is something else
- a big idea, topic or message that recurs within a text
- the use of language to create a mental picture or sensory experience ✓
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- Which of these is an example of personification?
- The tree danced in the breeze. ✓
- The tree moved in the breeze.
- The tree rustled in the breeze.
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- Which of these objects are mentioned in the poem 'I Am A Writer'?
- a rubber ✓
- a sharpener ✓
- a dictionary
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Exit quiz
- To learn something in such a way that you can say it from memory is called what?
- learning by head
- learning by heart ✓
- learning to read
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- Which of these might a person learn by heart?
- songs for a show ✓
- newspaper reports
- instructions for toys
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- True or false? Learning something by heart means you need to hold the text to read it.
- True
- False ✓
- True or false? Knowing something by heart means you can quickly and easily share it with others.
- True ✓
- False
- True or false? Knowing something by heart will help you to feel shy when sharing it.
- True
- False ✓
- Order these steps to help you learn something by heart.
- 1⇔hear it
- 2⇔read it
- 3⇔check it
- 4⇔practise it
Worksheet
Presentation
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Lesson Details
Key learning points
- Learning a poem by heart means you can say it from memory.
- Reciting a poem means to say it aloud after learning it.
- Saying the poem out loud many times will help when learning it by heart.
- We can follow four steps to learn a poem by heart: 'Hear it', 'Read it', 'Check it', 'Practise it'.
Common misconception
Pupils may think that the only way to learn something by heart is to keep reading it.
Teach pupils that they can also check their progress with cloze procedure exercises.
Keywords
Recite - to speak or perform a poem aloud from memory
By heart - to learn something in such a way that you can say it from memory
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