Starter quiz
- True or false? Joseph Coelho’s ‘MORERAPS’ poem was written about all the poetic devices we can use when creating poetry.
- True ✓
- False
- Fill in the blanks. Each letter of ‘MORERAPS’ stands for a different ....
- poet's name
- poetic device ✓
- poetry book
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- What does the 'O' stand for in the poem?
- original
- ordinary
- onomatopoeia ✓
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- What does the 'P' stand for in the poem?
- people
- personification ✓
- personal
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- What does the 'R' stand for in the poem?
- robot
- repetition ✓
- regular
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- True or false? Structure in poetry refers to the way a poem is organised or put together.
- True ✓
- False
Exit quiz
- Which of these is the title of a poem by Joseph Coelho?
- If All The World Were Paper ✓
- If All The World Were Cardboard
- If All The World Were Plastic
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- Who does the speaker want to "fold" in the poem?
- a grandfather
- a grandmother ✓
- a great grandmother
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- How does the speaker plan to protect their little sister?
- put them in a box
- paint them
- laminate them ✓
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- What did the speaker say "kind" acts would be put on?
- letters
- envelopes
- post-it notes ✓
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- Which of these themes does the poem explore?
- family ✓
- war
- memory ✓
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- Which of these is a metaphor?
- The classroom was as hot as fire.
- The classroom was like fire.
- The classroom was fire. ✓
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Key learning points
- The poem ‘If All The World Were Paper’ imaginatively explores what we might do if everything were made of paper.
- The poem explores the theme of protecting those we love and preserving their memory.
- Other themes in the poem include: family, memory, love and imagination.
- A metaphor is a way of describing and comparing something by saying that it is something else.
Common misconception
Pupils may confuse metaphors with similes.
Emphasise that metaphors compare things by saying one thing actually is another, while a simile uses the words 'like' or 'as'.
Keywords
Theme - a big idea, topic or message that recurs within a text
Metaphor - a way of describing and comparing something by saying that it is something else
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