RIC-0205 Discovering Poetry

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Comprehension and Word Study Onomatopoeia is when the meaning and the spoken sound of the word are similar; e.g. flutter, growl. Write two examples from the poem. The poet has changed from the ballad style in the last stanza, but there are still only four lines. What is different about this rhyming pattern compared with the first four quatrains? Synonyms are words with the same or a similar meaning. Find synonyms for these words. (a) ready (b) falling (c) throw (d) danger Alliteration is when a consonant is repeated in the same line; e.g. twisted tree trunks. Write four examples from the poem. Imagine you are the poet. Write a speech to the mosquito where you explain your point of view. Try to persuade the mosquito to agree on a compromise. ©R.I.C. Publications Low Resolution Images Display Copy R.I.C. Publications www.ricgroup.com.au 51 Discovering Poetry ISBN 978-1-86311-834-7
Name a creature or animal. (a) List words to describe its appearance. (b) List words to describe its movements. (c) List words to describe the sounds it makes. Use these words, and more, to create a poem about your animal, written in rhyming couplets (aabb). Give your poem a title. You could write about your own pet. (a) Write your ideas for the poem here. (b) Write and illustrate your animal/pet poem below. ©R.I.C. Publications Low Resolution Images Display Copy R.I.C. Publications www.ricgroup.com.au 52 Discovering Poetry ISBN 978-1-86311-834-7
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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 and 50: The person in this poem is not havi
Page 51 and 52: This is a short narrative poem that
Page 53 and 54: Imagine that you are a computer. Yo
Page 55: This is a ballad. Ballad is the wor
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
Page 67 and 68: Butter Butter Everywhere is a jingl
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