RIC-0205 Discovering Poetry

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This poem is about Themes Style Curriculum Links using a computer curiosity, exploration, enjoyment of technology narrative, including rhyming couplets and quatrains Technology – computer studies Society and Environment – society Page 47 1. vibes – vibrations ads – advertisements info – information 2. (a) sight (b) their (c) threw (d) weight 3. Teacher check 4. It is the style used for email. 5. (a) tree felling (b) riding waves on a board 6. ‘magic pages’ 7. Teacher check – language is constantly evolving and standards changing. New technologies influence this. Why does language change over time? Brainstorm computer words (e.g. modem, dotcom, email, Internet, SMS.) Use dictionaries to see how many have now been formally accepted into the English language. What are the international rules of ‘netiquette’ (e.g. capitals = shouting). In what ways did people communicate before email and mobile phones? (morse code, semaphore, short-hand, telegrams, telephone, pigeon post). What new methods do we have? (fax, text messaging, mobiles). ©R.I.C. Publications Low Resolution Images Display Copy Individual Writing • Using SMS style abbreviations, students write a short letter to a pet, explaining why they forgot to buy pet food. • Students write a letter to an alien, explaining how the Internet works. • Students use computers to find poems on the Internet. Use your poem anthologies in the school library to locate poems about ‘new technology’ from earlier times; e.g, windmills, power pylons, bridges, tunnels, radio, television. R.I.C. Publications www.ricgroup.com.au 45 Discovering Poetry ISBN 978-1-86311-834-7
This is a short narrative poem that describes a process. Each stanza is written in rhyming couplets. The stanzas are quatrains of four lines each. ©R.I.C. Publications Low Resolution Images Display Copy R.I.C. Publications www.ricgroup.com.au 46 Discovering Poetry ISBN 978-1-86311-834-7
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Page 3 and 4: Discovering Poetry uses 21st centur
Page 5 and 6: The activities in this book have be
Page 7 and 8: The Kite The Kite is a shape poem.
Page 9 and 10: The Kite To write a shape poem you
Page 11 and 12: Summer Berries Summer Berries is a
Page 13 and 14: Summer Berries Plants have many par
Page 15 and 16: Antarctica Antarctica is a modern s
Page 17 and 18: Antarctica Think of different ways
Page 19 and 20: Air Raid Air Raid is a short narrat
Page 21 and 22: Air Raid Write words to describe di
Page 23 and 24: Camel Ride Camel Ride is written in
Page 25 and 26: In the poem Camel Ride, the poet de
Page 27 and 28: Atomic Me A metaphor is a direct co
Page 29 and 30: Atomic Me There are nine planets in
Page 31 and 32: My Friend is a short narrative that
Page 33 and 34: All animals and creatures have some
Page 35 and 36: This is a short ballad, written in
Page 37 and 38: Find words to describe things in th
Page 39 and 40: Rollerblading and Skateboard Skite
Page 41 and 42: Write phrases to describe the simil
Page 43 and 44: This poem is an ode. The word ‘od
Page 45 and 46: Find words to describe different st
Page 47 and 48: This poem is written in doggerel -
Page 49: The person in this poem is not havi
Page 53 and 54: Imagine that you are a computer. Yo
Page 55 and 56: This is a ballad. Ballad is the wor
Page 57 and 58: Name a creature or animal. (a) List
Page 59 and 60: This poem is in the manner of a eul
Page 61 and 62: A compound word is formed when two
Page 63 and 64: Grandma’s Vintage Car is a short
Page 65 and 66: Listed below are different vehicles
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