Lesson video

Hello everyone.

My name's Mrs. Tweedie, and I'm so excited because today I'm going to teach you a poetry lesson.

It's the very first lesson in our new unit, "Zim Zam Zoom." You'll need a quiet space to work and someone or the screen to talk to.

Let's get started.

The learning outcome for today is I can explain what a poet is and name some poetic features.

Our keywords are here.

These will come up again and again throughout the lesson, but let's go through them one time before we meet them in our lesson today.

Poet.

This is a person who writes poetry.

Poem.

This is a piece of creative writing that often has a specific rhythm, structure, or pattern.

Onomatopoeia.

Well done.

This is a type of word that sounds like what it describes.

Rhyme.

This is repetition in the sounds at the end of words.

Repetition.

Well done.

This is the repeated use of sounds, words, or phrases.

Our lesson, "Introduction to Poetry," has two parts.

First, we'll start with the introduction to poetry.

Then we will explore a poem.

Let's get started.

James Carter is a poet.

Say, "Hello, James." Well done.

A poet is someone who writes poems. Let's meet James Carter, the poet.

(bright upbeat music) <v ->Hello, I'm James Carter, and I'm me.

</v> And me is a poet, is a nonfiction writer, and also an ambassador for National Poetry Day, and a musician because I play musical instruments.

This is, it's a melodica, but I like to call it Steve.

Everybody, please say, "Hi, Steve." (bright upbeat music) And this is Derek, the disco ukulele.

Please feel free, humans, to have a little dance.

(lively upbeat music) I was born in a town called Reading in Berkshire, but now I live in a town called Wallingford, AKA Wally in Oxfordshire.

I live there with my lovely wife and two daughters.

They're humans, obviously, and we have two cats.

They're not humans at all, but they are called Holly and Dylan, and I love them.

<v ->Wasn't that fun meeting James Carter?</v> I'd love to meet him in real life.

James Carter started writing poetry when he was a young boy.

Hmm.

I wonder if any of you have ever written a poem before? He loves words.

Ah, so do I.

Words.

One of my favourite things to play with.

James Carter loves reading and writing poems because you can be playful with words.

Time for a discussion.

Tell your partner, or the screen if you are working by yourself, something that you love to do.

Pause the video now.

Welcome back.

How did you get on? Now, let's check your understanding.

What is a poet? A, someone who sings songs.

B, A type of nursery rhyme.

C, someone who writes poems. Pause the video whilst you decide.

Welcome back.

You're right.

It was C.

A poet is someone who writes poems. Now, a poem is a piece of writing that uses words in a special way.

Poems can do all these things.

Get ready.

There are lots of exciting things.

They can tell stories.

They can describe feelings.

Poems can imagine things.

They can explore ideas, thoughts, and emotions.

They can tell jokes.

I bet some of you love jokes.

They can describe memories, things that we remember from the past.

James Carter has written lots of poems. One of his poems is called, my turn, your turn, "Zim Zam Zoom." Well done.

Zoom means to go really fast.

Can you all show me a zoom with your hand? Zoom.

Well done.

Time for another discussion.

Can you think of anything that zooms? Pause the video now as you discuss with someone near you or to the screen.

Welcome back.

Did you think of lots of different things? Jun said, "Aeroplanes zoom through the sky." And Izzy said, "A racing car zooms along a racetrack." Well done.

Now, I am going to read the poem "Zim Zam Zoom" to you.

It's in the additional materials to this lesson if you want to follow along.

Brown rocket, green rocket, first I've ever seen rocket, best there's ever been rocket.

ZIM ZAM ZOOM! Rush rocket, roar rocket, zip about some more rocket, let me climb aboard rocket.

ZIM ZAM ZOOM! Blast rocket, fast rocket, overtaking Mars rocket, heading for the stars rocket.

ZIM ZAM ZOOM! Red rocket, blue rocket, racing to the moon rocket.

Won't you come back soon, rocket? ZIM ZAM ZOOM! Now, we're going to watch the real James Carter reading his poem "Zim Zam Zoom." Enjoy.

<v ->This poem is all about space.

</v> Do you like space? I do.

I always have.

I've written hundreds of space poems and this is just one of them.

So, in the chorus it goes, "Zim zam zoom." Please feel free to join in.

Here we go: "Zim Zam Zoom.

Brown rocket, green rocket, first I've ever seen rocket, best there's ever been rocket.

ZIM ZAM ZOOM! Rush rocket, roar rocket, zip about some more rocket.

Let me climb aboard rocket.

ZIM ZAM ZOOM! Blast rocket, fast rocket, overtaking Mars rocket, heading for the stars rocket.

ZIM ZAM ZOOM! Red rocket, blue rocket, racing to the moon rocket.

Won't you come back soon, rocket? ZIM ZAM ZOOM! <v ->Wow, wasn't that a treat</v> to have the real poet reading his real poem to us? Thank you, James.

Let's check your understanding.

What is the poem "Zim Zam Zoom" about? A, a motorbike zooming down the road, B, a roaring lion, or C, a rocket zooming through the sky? Pause the video as you decide.

Welcome back.

How did you get on? If you said C, a rocket zooming through the sky, you were right.

Well done.

Now, I am going to say the words zim, zam, zoom in a loud voice.

I am going to tell you how the words feel in my mouth when I say them.

Zim zam zoom! The words felt like they were fizzing with excitement.

The z sound at the beginning of each word tickled my tongue and lips.

Now, it's your turn to say the words zim, zam, zoom in a loud voice.

You can do this to somebody near you and take turns or to the screen.

Pause the video now.

Welcome back.

I hope you had fun.

How did the words feel in your mouth? Pause the video as you just think to yourself how those words felt.

Well done.

Now, I am going to add actions to the words zim, zam, zoom.

I am going to use different parts of my body.

Zim.

Zam.

(hands clap) Zoom! Did you see what I did? I wiggle my fingers when I said zim.

I clapped my hands quickly when I said zam.

And I pushed my arms up into the air when I said zoom.

That was fun.

Now, it's your turn.

You are going to add actions to each of the words zoom, zam, zoom.

Pause the video cow as you do this with somebody near you or to the screen.

Welcome back.

Did you use different parts of your body? Maybe wiggle your fingers, maybe clapping hands, (hands clapping) maybe pushing arms, or maybe you used your shoulders or your elbows or even your whole body jumping up and down.

Well done.

I hope you had fun.

Now, we can share our opinion of a poem.

An opinion is a personal view about something.

It's what I think or believe.

Jun says, "I liked the poem because I'd like to travel in a rocket to space." I agree with you, Jun.

I have the same opinion.

I liked the poem.

And here's Izzy.

Her opinion is different.

"I didn't like the poem because it felt very rushed and I prefer things that make me feel calm." Fair enough, Izzy.

Her opinion is different to Jun's, and that is okay.

It's okay to have different opinions because we all have different feelings.

Let's hear one of James Carter's opinions.

Remember, he is the poet who wrote "Zim Zam Zoom." Remember, an opinion is a personal view about something.

Let's hear about a different poem that he loves.

We asked him, what is a poem you love? Enjoy watching his answer.

<v ->A poem I really love is called "Horace."</v> And I remember reading it first of all when I was 13 and I thought I didn't know poems could be like this.

And it's by a Welshman called Terry Jones.

And here's the first bit.

"Much to his mum and dad's dismay, Horace ate himself one day.

He didn't stop to say his grace.

He just sat down and ate his face." Why do I love it? Because it is hilarious.

It's just brilliantly funny.

And I didn't know that poetry amongst many other things could be so wickedly funny.

<v ->Thank you, James.

</v> Now, it's time for task A.

Part one is you are going to share your opinion of the poem "Zim Zam Zoom." That is what you think about the poem.

You can use the sentence scaffolds to help you.

I liked the poem because.

And then fill in your answer for why.

Or I didn't like the poem because.

And then fill in your opinion for why.

And the second part of task A is to draw a picture of what this poem makes you think of.

Enjoy task A and pause the video now.

Welcome back.

Here are some opinions you might have shared.

"I liked the poem because it sounded a bit like a song and the words were fun to say." "I didn't like the poem because I am not very interested in rockets or space." "I liked the poem because it made me imagine I was in a rocket, zooming past the planets and stars." I wonder if your opinions were similar or different to these.

Remember, all our opinions are valid because we are all different and unique.

And secondly, what did you draw and why? What did this poem make you think of and why? I hope you enjoyed task A.

Let's now move to the second part of our lesson, exploring a poem.

All poems are different.

James Carter, the poet of "Zim Zam Zoom," likes using rhyme in his poems. Remember, rhyme is one of our keywords.

Words that rhyme and in the same sound or sounds like this.

Hat ends in the sound at.

Can you hear it? At.

Let's think of some words that rhyme with hat.

Well, mat, cat, bat.

Maybe you thought of some more like flat or that.

Well done.

Can you now think of a word that rhymes with curl and that ending sound is url for you to rhyme with? Pause the video now as you try and think of two words that rhyme.

If you can think of three, you'll get a whoosh from me.

Pause the video.

Welcome back.

Did you think of two? Did you think of three? Well done for your effort.

I thought of twirl, hurl, pearl.

And you'll notice that twirl and pearl have different spellings to curl and hurl.

Well done if you spotted that.

And if you thought of three rhyming words with curl, I promised you a whoosh.

Here it comes.

Whoosh! Well done.

Jun reminds us the sound is the same even though they are spelt differently.

Now, we're going to listen to James Carter reading the poem again.

And this time, can you hear any rhyming words? Enjoy.

<v ->"Zim Zam Zoom."</v> Brown rocket, green rocket, first I've ever seen rocket, best there's ever been rocket.

ZIM ZAM ZOOM! Rush rocket, roar rocket, zip about some more rocket, let me climb aboard rocket.

ZIM ZAM ZOOM! Blast rocket, fast rocket, overtaking Mars rocket, heading for the stars rocket.

ZIM ZAM ZOOM! Red rocket, blue rocket, racing to the moon rocket.

Won't you come back soon, rocket? ZIM ZAM ZOOM! <v ->Welcome back.

Let's have a look.

</v> Brown rocket, green rocket, first I've ever seen rocket, best there's ever been rocket.

ZIM ZAM ZOOM! Rush rocket, roar rocket, zip about some more rocket, let me climb aboard rocket.

ZIM ZAM ZOOM! Blast rocket, fast rocket, overtaking Mars rocket, heading for the stars rocket.

ZIM ZAM ZOOM! Red rocket, blue rocket, racing to the moon rocket.

Won't you come back soon, rocket? ZIM ZAM ZOOM! Now, you might have heard in my recital again that in this poem the rhyming words are not at the end of the lines.

They are either at the start or in the middle of a line.

Well done if you spotted that.

Sometimes the words don't rhyme exactly, but they contain very similar sounds.

Let's check your understanding here.

Which words rhyme with roar? A, road, B, more, C, poor, D, hair? Pause the video as you decide.

Welcome back.

You are right.

More rhymes with roar and poor rhymes with roar.

They have the same final sound, oar.

There is a word that is repeated lots of times in this poem.

Repeated means that it is said again and again.

Have you remembered which word it is? I think I might have.

When we say something again and again, we call it repetition.

My turn, your turn of this key word.

Repetition.

Well done.

Let's listen to the poem again.

Can you hear any repetition? Repeated words coming again and again.

Brown rocket, green rocket, first I've ever seen rocket, best there's ever been rocket.

ZIM ZAM ZOOM! Rush rocket, roar rocket, zip about some more rocket, let me climb aboard rocket.

ZIM ZAM ZOOM! Blast rocket, fast rocket, overtaking Mars rocket, heading for the stars rocket.

ZIM ZAM ZOOM! Red rocket, blue rocket, racing to the moon rocket.

Won't you come back soon, rocket? ZIM ZAM ZOOM! I hope you enjoyed that.

The word rocket is repeated many times.

Time for a discussion.

Why do you think the poet James Carter repeated the word rocket so many times? Discuss with somebody near you or to the screen and pause the video now.

Welcome back.

Poets use repetition for many reasons.

In this poem, it sounds fun and catchy, a bit like a song.

It also makes the poem easier to remember.

Time to check your understanding.

Is this statement true or false? Saying a word over and over again is called competition.

Pause the video now as you decide if this is true or false.

Welcome back.

It was false.

Saying a word over and over again is not called competition.

It's called, everybody, repetition.

Well done.

Now, it's time for another discussion.

What do the words zim, zam, zoom" mean to you? Pause the video now as you discuss with somebody near you or to the screen.

Welcome back.

Well, we know that zoom means to go fast, but zim and zam are not real words.

Let's shout them out loudly.

Zim! Zam! Well done.

Now, it's time to discuss this question.

What shapes does your mouth make when you say these words? Pause the video as you discuss with somebody near you or the screen.

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Did they make big shapes in your mouth or small shapes or narrow shapes or wide shapes? Well done.

Now, when a word sounds like what it is describing, we call this onomatopoeia.

This is one of our keywords.

Onomatopoeia helps us to imagine what sounds can be heard in a poem or story.

The words can be real or made up.

James Carter uses onomatopoeia in his poems. Now, let's discuss this question.

What words might you use to describe the sound of rain falling? Hmm.

Have a chat to somebody near you or to the screen to think of any words that might sound like the description of rain falling.

Pause the video now.

Welcome back.

Splash was one I thought of.

Drip-drop was another.

Pitter patter was another.

Tip-tip-tip was a fourth.

Plosh was a fifth.

I wonder if you came up with any of these.

If you didn't and found that quite tricky, that's absolutely fine.

But here are five onomatopoeia words for rain falling that you can remember next time.

It's time for task B.

You are going to read a verse of the poem or the whole poem aloud, whichever you feel more comfortable with.

Here are some things to have a go at whilst you are reading.

Say the words in your loudest voice.

Use actions.

Whisper the words.

Start quietly and get louder as you read through a verse.

Look at the shape the verses make on the page and think about what shapes your mouth makes as you say the words.

The poem is in the additional materials to this lesson.

Enjoy Task B.

Pause the video now.

Welcome back.

How did you get on? Did you read a verse or the whole poem? Did you read the poem out loud? What did you have a go at? Actions? Varying your volume? Well done everybody for your effort in task B.

Let's summarise today's lesson.

A poet is someone who writes poems. Poems try to use words in a special way to create a feeling or to tell a story.

James Carter is a poet who uses words that rhyme in his poems. Repetition in poems can make them fun to say and easy to remember.

James Carter uses onomatopoeia, which helps us to imagine what sounds can be heard in the poem.

I have loved teaching you today's lesson, our first in this brand new unit.

I really look forward to seeing you again in another lesson soon.

Bye-bye.