Reading and responding to 'If All The World Were Paper' by Joseph Coelho

English

In this unit, pupils have analysed several poems by Joseph Coelho, looking for any similarities and common themes. In 'Poetry inspired by weather’, pupils will follow a similar path, but using the poet John Lyons. 

In 'Humourous Poetry’, pupils looked at a range of poems and how the poets used poetic devices to create humour. In this unit, pupils will focus on Joseph Coelho's poems and how he creates humour in his poems. ’

Poet focus: Joseph Coelho

Which of these is the title of a poem by Joseph Coelho? 

Who does the speaker want to "fold" in the poem? 

How does the speaker plan to protect their little sister? 

What did the speaker say "kind" acts would be put on?

Which of these themes does the poem explore? 

True or false? Joseph Coelho’s ‘MORERAPS’ poem was written about all the poetic devices we can use when creating poetry.

Fill in the blanks. Each letter of ‘MORERAPS’ stands for a different .... 

What does the 'O' stand for in the poem? 

What does the 'P' stand for in the poem? 

What does the 'R' stand for in the poem? 

True or false? Structure in poetry refers to the way a poem is organised or put together. 

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