Starter quiz
- What is a poem?
- an important moment that significantly alters the course of the story
- a short piece of writing expressing emotions or ideas with rhythm and language ✓
- a question that you have about a text - it does not always have to be answered
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- What is the job of a poet?
- someone who converts text from one language to another
- a writer who writes about someone's life story
- a writer who uses verse to convey emotions ✓
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- Based on their front covers, which of the following are likely to be poetry collections?
Poems Aloud ✓
Belonging Street ✓
Hilda and the Troll
Grimwood
- Which of the following are verbs?
- floating ✓
- lullaby
- twirling ✓
- dipping ✓
- balcony
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- Which is the most suitable definition for describing a wish?
- a vision during sleep
- a discussion involving opposing viewpoints to persuade or inform
- a desire or hope for something to happen ✓
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- Order the following parts of a story.
- 1⇔opening
- 2⇔build up
- 3⇔climax
- 4⇔resolution
Exit quiz
- Match the following keywords with their definitions.
- theme⇔a big idea, topic or message that recurs within a story ✓
- verse novel⇔a story told through poetry, blending prose and poetic elements ✓
- free verse⇔poetry without strict rhyme; it emphasises natural speech rhythms ✓
- What does the word migration mean?
- spinning around quickly in a circular motion
- drifting or moving gently on the surface
- lowering briefly into a liquid or substance
- to move from one place to another ✓
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Match the following information, using the front cover to support.- Title⇔'Swallow's Kiss' ✓
- Author⇔Sita Brahmachari ✓
- Illustrator⇔Jane Ray ✓
- Publisher⇔Pop Up Projects ✓
- True or False? Blessing finds the bag of wish bird feathers under a table.
- True ✓
- False
- Order the following events in the order that they occur in the text.
- 1⇔Blessing helps her mother out at Uncle Miral’s cafe.
- 2⇔Blessing finds a bag of paper birds.
- 3⇔Blessing dreams of finding who the birds belong to.
- 4⇔Blessing meets a boy called Hani who is also missing his father.
- 'Swallow's Kiss' is written in __________?
- free verse ✓
- fixed verse
- rhyme
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Lesson Details
Key learning points
- 'Swallow's Kiss' is written in free verse.
- Free verse is any form of poetry that does not rely on consistent patterns of rhyme and meter.
- It is told from the perspective of Blessing, a young girl whose mother travelled across roads and seas to seek refuge.
- Blessing's close relationship with her family is mirrored in the members of the community that are supporting them.
Common misconception
Pupils may think that all forms of poetry must have to rhyme.
Before the lesson, you might share examples of a range of poems in both fixed verse and free verse.
Keywords
Verse novel - A verse novel is a narrative told through poetry, blending prose and poetic elements.
Form - Form is the way that a text can be presented.
Free verse - Free verse is poetry without strict rhyme or metre; it emphasises natural speech rhythms.
Theme - A theme is a big idea, topic or message that recurs within a story.
Migration - To migrate means to move from one place to another.
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