British English CC

Responding to 'What Did You Do at School Today?' by James Carter and other poems

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.’

In this unit, pupils read and respond to a variety of humorous poems by different poets. They will learn about the poets, explore the meaning and themes within each poem and identify the poetic devices used. Pupils will practise reading each poem aloud with expression to convey meaning.

Humorous poetry

James Carter is known for his __________ poetry. 

Which of these national events is James Carter an ambassador for? 

Which word means 'showing a fondness for causing trouble in a playful way'?

In the poem, which of these activities does the child say they did at school?

What does the child say to test if their mother is actually listening?

Humorous poetry is written to make the reader smile and ...

Robert Hull is a British writer who is mostly known for his humorous stories, poetry and books written for children. 

Which of these is a humorous poem written by Robert Hull?

'Please do not feed the animals...' uses rhyming words.

Which of these words rhymes with 'frog'? 

'Please do not feed the animals...' ends with a funny joke in which the reader is warned not to feed what to the cheetah?

Introduction

What will you need for this lesson?

Are you ready to learn?

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