Reading and responding to 'Home Time' by Rachel Rooney

English

In this unit, pupils use a range of different poems from different poets to explore how they use language choice and poetic devices to create humour. In Poet focus: Joseph Coelho’, pupils will concentrate on one poet and how he evokes different emotional responses from the reader.’

In Poetry: The Magic Box’, pupils read, responded to and used Kit Wright's poem as inspiration to write their own imaginative poem. In this unit, pupils will build on this by using several different poems from different authors to explore how those devices are used by others.’

Humorous poetry

Rachel Rooney is known for writing imaginative poetry for ...

'Home Time' is a poem written from the perspective of which object?

Which word from the poem tells us that the clock is angry with a child?

What is the clock 'relieved' about in the poem?

Which word is repeated at the end of the poem to show that it is now quiet and that time is continuing? 

True or false? A team is a group of people gathered together to watch or listen to a performance. 

When being a member of an audience, it is important that you do which of these?

True or false? Performance in poetry refers to the act of presenting or reciting a poem in front of an audience. 

What type of poem is 'The Morning Rush' by John Foster?

True or false? Volume refers to the loudness or softness of the voice when speaking or reading a poem. 

True or false? A loud volume could show excitement or amazement.

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