a big idea, topic or message that recurs within a text

having the ability to create vivid mental images or concepts that may not exist in reality

the use of language to create a mental picture or sensory experience for the reader or listener

Reading and responding to 'If You Could See Laughter' by Mandy Coe

English

In this unit, pupils use Kit Wright's poem The Magic Box’ to explore poetic devices such as alliteration, similes and repetition. In ’Humorous Poetry’, pupils will build on this by using several different poems from different poets to explore how those devices are used by others. ’

In Poetry: Nursery Rhymes’, pupils were introduced to several different nursery rhymes and began to explore the poetic devices used such as rhyming words and repetition. In this unit, they will build on this by extending the repertoire of poems they've read and responded to and looking at more poetic devices such as similes. ’

'The Magic Box': reading imaginative poetry

Fill in the blank. Mandy Coe is a __________ poet. 

True or false? Mandy Coe is a famous British poet who writes poetry for adults only. 

Fill in the blank. Mandy Coe's poem 'If You Could See Laughter' is about imagining what laughter would __________ like. 

Which inflatable object does the poet describe as laughter looking like? 

Which part of a theatre does the poet describe as wriggling with colours during a pantomime?

The poem contains which of these themes? 

After reading poetry, we often give our initial responses to a poem. What are 'initial responses'?

The poem 'Wide Open' by Rachel Rooney is about a special ...

Which of these things does the special eye see in the poem 'Wide Open'? 

Which of these themes does the poem 'Wide Open' explore?

Fill in the blank. Imagery is the use of language to create a mental __________ or sensory experience for the reader or listener.

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