the act of presenting or reciting a poem in front of an audience using voice, gestures and expression

the loudness or softness of the voice when speaking or reading a poem

reading with feelings and emotion to bring a poem to life

to speak or perform a poem aloud from memory

British English CC

Performance of James Carter poems

English

In this unit, pupils learnt to recite poems by James Carter and explore the language used. In 'The Magic Box', pupils will explore the genre of imaginative poetry and develop their inference skills within poems.

In 'Poetry: Nursery Rhymes', pupils learnt about rhyme, rhythm and performance through listening to and performing well known nursery rhymes. In this unit, pupils will build on this by listening to, discussing and performing poems by James Carter. Pupils will explore the use of onomatopeoia, volume and timing in supporting meaning and understanding of a poem and develop personal responses.

In this unit, pupils explore the poems of James Carter in 'Zim Zam Zoom'. Pupils learn to listen to, discuss and recite four different poems. They will consider rhyming words, rhythm, onomatopoeia, description and actions. They will learn to share their opinion on their preferred nursery rhyme.

'Zim Zam Zoom' by James Carter: reading poetry

James Carter uses lots of __________ and __________ in his poems.

__________ refers to the loudness or softness of the voice when speaking or reading a poem.

Which of these are poems by James Carter?

Poems and fairy tales are similar because ...

Which of these James Carter poems have onomatopoeia in the title?

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