RIC-0205 Discovering Poetry
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This poem is about<br />
Themes<br />
Style<br />
Curriculum Links<br />
the beach and marine environment<br />
beach enjoyment, summer, sea sports<br />
Eulogy.<br />
Sun, Sea and Sand is in the manner of a eulogy which admires or praises a<br />
person, object or place. Four-line verses written alternately in rhyming couplets<br />
interspersed with a different rhyme patterns, emphasise the rhythm of the words.<br />
environment. science, healthy/safety<br />
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1. basked, sundial, huge, upright<br />
2. (a) The sand is warm beneath you like a cushion or a nest (b) Teacher check<br />
(c) Teacher check<br />
3. Splash, sunburst, spray, paddle<br />
4. Sunscreen, sunhat, dinghy, surfboard, sandwiches, sandshoes, sandal – teacher check adjectives<br />
5. Teacher check (an atmosphere of fun, pleasure, sensory, tactile experience.)<br />
6. (a) Verse 2 – aaba, verse 4 – abcb, verse 6 – abcb.<br />
(b) Poet wanted variety for different textures and sense of business and activity<br />
• The poem suggests a variety of activities that can be done in this<br />
particular environment. What other kinds of environments offer<br />
diverse experiences?<br />
• Is there another aspect of the shoreline that the poem has not<br />
covered (e.g. rock-pools)? Brainstorm compound words<br />
beginning with ‘rock’ (rock-bottom, rock-breaking, rock-hard).<br />
Small-group Work<br />
• Students select one of the environments below and brainstorm<br />
words to describe it. Write an advertisement praising this<br />
environment and inviting tourists to experience it,<br />
riverland Outback desert Barrier Reef<br />
sheep station student choice<br />
• Students select one of the three verses in the poem beginning<br />
with either sun, sea or sand. They use this as a model to compose<br />
a four-line verse of their own, using their own compound words<br />
(e.g. up, down, rain). Each group will need a dictionary.<br />
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Individual Writing<br />
• Students write letters to their parents, inviting them to a<br />
picnic at a particular place. The letter explains why they<br />
have selected this place.<br />
• Students write instructions for building a sandcastle for<br />
someone who has never been to the beach.<br />
The Walrus and the Carpenter by Lewis Carroll<br />
The Beach by William Hart-Smith<br />
R.I.C. Publications www.ricgroup.com.au 53 <strong>Discovering</strong> <strong>Poetry</strong><br />
ISBN 978-1-86311-834-7
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