Lesson video

Hi, everyone.

My name's Mrs. Tweedie, and I am so looking forward to teaching you today's poetry lesson.

You'll need a quiet space to work and someone, or the screen, to talk to.

Let's get started.

The learning outcome for today's lesson is, "I can listen to you and discuss 'Firework Poem'." Here are our key words.

Let's do my turn, your turn.

Rhyme.

This is repetition in the sounds at the end of words Perspective.

This is a fancy word that just means point of view; someone's point of view.

First person.

This is the I/we perspective, so the perspective of mine or us.

Onomatopoeia.

This is a type of word that sounds like what it describes.

Imagination.

Well done.

This is forming a thought or picture of something or someone that is not actually there.

Our lesson will focus on "Firework Poem" by James Carter.

First we will see an introduction to the poem.

James Carter is a poet.

Everybody say, "Hi James!" This means he writes poems. He loves writing poems because he can be playful with words.

Have a time to discuss now: do you know any poems? They could be a poem by James Carter or any other poet.

Pause the video as you discuss with someone near you or the screen.

Welcome back.

Select the statement that is true.

A: James Carter is a famous actor; B: James Carter is a poem; C: James Carter is a poet.

Pause the video as you describe which is true.

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You were right.

It was C: James Carter is a poet.

Well done! A poem is a piece of writing that uses words in a special way.

Poems can do so many things.

They can do all of these: tell stories; describe feelings; imagine things; explore ideas, thoughts and emotions; tell jokes; describe memories.

James Carter has written lots of poems. Let's find out how long it takes him to write a poem.

We asked James, "How long does it take you to write a poem?" Let's see what he said.

<v ->A poem, in all, can take anything from three months</v> to two years to write.

This one here, this messy old thing, took two years.

I wasn't happy with it, so I tweaked it and I tweaked it and I tweaked it.

I even had to hide it for a while because I was so angry about it.

But then, I've got it back, and I kept tweaking, and now I'm really happy with it.

But in the main, most poems take about three months.

Even a really, really short poem, I tweak the words until they got the right rhythm and the sound, and they say the things I want them to say.

But everything you write always needs a little tweak.

And anyway, I like tweaking because I like words.

<v ->That was fun nearing from James, wasn't it?</v> One of James Carter's poems is called "Firework Poem", and that is our focus poem for today's lesson.

Let's have a discussion.

What do you guess, predict, or think this poem will be about? Pause the video as you discuss with someone near you or to the screen.

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What did you think? Fireworks explode with bright colours, and they often make loud noises.

Here's a photograph of some fireworks.

Oh, I can see they're bright red, white, and pinks, and oranges, and I can imagine that those fireworks sounded so loud.

Have you ever seen fireworks before? If so, how did they make you feel? You may have seen them in real life, or on TV, or in a film, or you may have imagined them in your mind.

Pause the video as you answer these two questions with someone near you, or speak to the screen.

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Had your partner seen fireworks before? Had you? Now, I'm going to read "Firework Poem" by James Carter to you.

"Like to be a firework? So would I.

To dazzle like a flower.

To sizzle in the sky.

With a crack and a bang and a bim bam boom! With a whiz and a fizz and a zim Zam zoom And oh, how I'd sparkle red, gold, blue, as everyone below goes, 'Ah!' and 'Ooh!'" Now it's time to watch James Carter, the real poet, reading his poem, "Firework poem!" Enjoy! <v ->Do you like fireworks? I Love them.

</v> And in this poem, I want to celebrate all their colours and all their sparkles.

The poem goes like this: "Like to be a firework? So would I.

To dazzle like a flower.

To sizzle in the sky.

With a crack and a bang and bim bam boom.

With a whizz and a fizz and a zim zam zoom.

And oh, how I'd sparkle red, gold, blue, as everyone below goes, 'Ahh!' And 'Ooh!'" <v ->Welcome back.

</v> Wasn't that a treat to hear the real poet reading his real poem? Thank you, James.

Let's check your understanding here.

What is "Firework Poem" about? A: a person building a campfire; B: a description of fireworks; C: a description of a cosy fire on a cold day.

Pause the video as you select the correct option.

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You're right, it was B.

A description of fireworks is what "Firework Poem" is all about.

Well done.

Now, I am going to read the poem again.

I'm going to close my eyes and listen to the words as I'm saying them.

I'm going to tell you afterwards how the poem made me feel.

You can follow along in the additional materials where the poem is, if you would like, or just listen to me reciting.

"Like to be a firework? So would I.

To dazzle like a flower.

To sizzle in the sky.

With a crack and a bang and a bim bam boom! With a whiz and a fizz and a zim zam zoom! And oh, how I'd sparkle red, gold, blue, as everyone below goes, 'Ahh!" and 'Ooh!'" I felt excited listening to the noises and imagining what the fireworks would look like.

The words are so powerful in this poem.

Now it's your turn to close your eyes and listen to the words in the poem.

You're going to work with a partner here where they are reading first and you are listening, and then you can swap over.

If you're working by yourself, you don't need to close your eyes; you can read the poem from the additional materials to the screen.

Listen to how the words sound and feel in your mouth and any pictures that come into your head.

Pause the video now.

How did the poem make you feel? Can you use this sentence starter to answer the question? "I felt" how, as you read the poem? Pause the video now as you fill in that sentence scaffold.

Well done.

I hope you enjoyed reading the poem for the first time.

Now I'm going to add an action to a word.

I choose the word dazzle in the second verse.

I'm going to use my hands and my facial expressions to describe further that word dazzle "Like to be a firework? So would I.

To dazzle like a flower.

To sizzle in the sky." Did you notice that I gestured and used my face specifically for that word "dazzle" at the beginning of the poem? I put my hands either side of my face, I spread my fingers apart and shook them, and I widened my eyes and smiled when I said "dazzle".

It was so much fun.

Now it's your turn to add an action to a word.

Choose one word from the poem and add an action to it as you say it.

Pause the video now as you complete this check.

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What was your word and action? I wonder if you chose sizzle, or crack, or fizz, or sparkle.

Whichever one you chose, I hope you had fun adding a gesture to it.

Now, with poetry, we can share our opinions of poems, and opinion is a personal view about something; it's what we think or believe.

Jun says, "I liked the poem because it reminded me of watching a fireworks display." So, we can see here that Jun liked the poem, and that he had seen fireworks before.

That was his opinion.

Izzy said, "I didn't like the poem because I wanted it to be longer.

It finished too quickly for me!" Izzy has a different opinion to Jun, and that's fine.

It's okay to have different opinions because we all have different feelings.

It's time for Task A.

I would like you first to share your opinion of "Firework Poem".

This is what you think or believe.

You can use these sentence scaffolds to help you.

"I liked the poem because," or "I didn't like the poem because," and you fill in your reasons why.

In the second part of Task A, you are going to draw a picture of what this poem makes you think of.

You can be as creative and expressive as you like.

Pause the video now, as you complete Task A.

Welcome back! How did you get on? Here are some opinions you might have shared.

"I liked the poem because some of the words were really fun to listen to and say out loud!" "I didn't like the poem because I find the loud noises that fireworks make a bit scary." I know some children who find fireworks quite scary; maybe you're one of these.

"I liked the poem because it reminded me of seeing a big fireworks display in the park." Now, you can see that all these opinions are different, and that is okay.

I wonder if yours was similar to any of these? And what did you draw and why? Did you get creative? Did you get expressive? Did you colour in your fireworks if you drew fireworks in part two? Well done for your participation.

Now we're going to explore the poem, "Firework Poem", a bit further.

All poems are different.

At the beginning of "Firework Poem", James Carter asks us a question; can you remember what it was? His question, "Like to be a firework?" encourages us to imagine what it would be like to be a firework.

Using "I" allows us to imagine we are someone or something else.

He answers that question in the second line, doesn't he? He says "Like to be a firework? So would I." In "Firework Poem", James Carter thinks from the perspective of a firework.

Remember: that's the point of view.

You're going to read "Firework Poem" again and this time imagine being a firework.

Imagine having the perspective of a firework.

The poem is in the additional materials.

Pause the video now.

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And now it's time to discuss.

What would you do if you were a firework? You can use this sentence scaffold to help you.

"If I was a firework, I would" off you go.

Pause the video and discuss with somebody near you or to the screen.

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When we think from someone or something else's perspective, we speak or write in the first person.

This is another one of our keywords: the I or we perspective.

We use words, when we use the first person, such as "I", "me", "my", "we".

Time to discuss.

Which first person words does James Carter use in "Firework Poem"? You have some on the screen to help you; "I", "me", "my", "we".

Which can you find in "Firework Poem"? Pause the video as you discuss with someone near you or to the screen.

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Which ones did you find? Well done! Let's check your understanding.

Which of these words are used when we speak or write in the first person? A: she; B: they; C: I; D: you.

Pause the video as you decide.

You were right.

"I" is the only one of these words that are used to write or speak in the first person.

Now, words also help us to use our imagination.

Exciting verbs and nouns can help us to imagine what something looks and sounds like.

And remember: a verb is a doing or a being word, and a noun is a PPT, a person, place or thing.

Let's watch James Carter perform the poem again.

Listen for any exciting verbs, doing or being words; and nouns, PPTs, people, places or things, in "Firework Poem".

Enjoy his recital! <v ->"Like to be a firework?</v> So would I.

To dazzle like a flower.

To sizzle in the sky.

With a crack and a bang and bim bam boom.

With a whiz and a fizz and a zim zam zoom.

And oh, how I'd sparkle red, gold, blue, as everyone below goes, 'Ah!' And 'Ooh!'" <v ->Welcome back.

</v> Did you find some exciting verbs and nouns? I found "dazzle", "sizzle", "crack", "bang", "whizz", "boom", "sparkle".

Now, I'm going to choose my favourite verb or noun from the poem.

I'm going to choose "sizzle".

I'm going to use my imagination to describe what this word "sizzle" makes me think of.

I'm going to say it again and again and again.

Sizzle.

Sizzle.

Sizzle.

And I'm going to imagine all those pictures that come into my head as I use that word "sizzle".

I imagine the firework to have bright lights that flicker.

I imagine the firework to make a hissing and crackling sound like a sausage sizzling in a pan.

Now it's your turn.

You now choose your favourite verb or noun from the poem.

Which word have you chosen? Say it to me.

Well done.

Now you're going to use your imagination to describe what you think the firework looks and sounds like.

Pause the video now as you complete this check.

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How did you get on? Maybe you said something like, "I imagine the crack of the firework was as loud as the crack of a log on a fire." Well done.

Now let's say these words again together.

I'm going to reveal a group, and we'll go through them one by one; my turn, your turn.

Dazzle.

Sizzle.

Crack.

Bang.

Whizz.

Boom.

Sparkle.

Well done.

Can you pick your two favourites and say them again so loudly to the screen? Off you go.

Well done! I heard some sparkle and bang words.

Now, some of these words are examples of onomatopoeia.

When a word sounds like what it is describing, we call this onomatopoeia.

With onomatopoeia, words can be real or made up.

So, now let's discuss.

Can you identify or find any made-up words in "Firework Poem"? Pause the video as you discuss with someone near you or to the screen.

Now, say these words out loud.

Ahh! well done.

Ooh! Well done.

And discuss: what shapes does your mouth make when you say these words? Pause the video as you talk to somebody near you or to the screen.

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I found that, "Ahh" opened my mouth wide, and "Ooh" made my mouth very narrow.

Was it the same for you? Let's check your understanding.

What sounds might you make if you were watching a firework display? Imagine the fireworks were so big and loud and colourful and bright in a nighttime sky.

What sounds would you make? Pause the video now as you decide.

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"Eee!" was one I thought of.

"Ahh!" like James Carter's.

"Wow!" was another.

"Ooh!" like James Carter's.

And "Wee!".

You might mimic the noise that the firework makes when it takes off from the ground up into the sky.

Well done.

James Carter likes using rhyme in his poems; words that rhyme and in the same sound or sounds.

Here's a word, "fly".

That ending sound, "I", I'm going to find some words that sound like.

Sky.

Why.

My.

Can you think of a word that rhymes with this word, "you"? The ending sound is oo.

You might be able to think of lots of words.

But here's a promise.

I'll give you a "whoosh" if you can think of three words that rhyme with "you".

Pause the video now.

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Did you find 3, 4, 5.

8! 80? Wow, well done, you.

Here was some I thought of.

Shoe, moo, flew.

And remember I said I would give you a whoosh if you got of three or more.

So, here comes your whoosh if you got three.

Whoosh! Well done.

And Jun reminds us that the sound is the same even though they are spelt differently in these different examples.

The oo sound in "you" is spelled O-U, but in "shoe" it's spelled O-E, and in "moo" it's spelt O-O, and in "flew" it's spelled E-W.

That's why our phonics is so important to help us remember how to spell each word correctly.

Well done.

Now, it's time for you to read the poem again.

And this time, can you hear any rhyming words as we read it aloud? "Like to be a firework? So would I.

To dazzle like a flower.

To sizzle in the sky, with a crack and a bang and a bim bam boom! With a whizz and a fizz and a zim zam zoom! And oh, how I'd sparkle red, gold, blue, as everyone below goes, 'Ahh!' and 'Ooh!'" In this poem, the rhyming words are at the end of some of the lines.

"I" rhymes with "sky".

"Blue" rhymes with, "ooh".

Did you spot that? Well done.

Check for understanding.

Which word rhymes with "boom" in the poem? A: bam; B: zoom; C: book; D: bang.

Pause the video as you decide.

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It was "zoom"! It was B.

Well done.

Now it's time for Task B.

You are going to read a verse of the poem, or the whole poem aloud; whichever you prefer.

Here are some things to have a go at whilst you're reading aloud.

You can say the words in capital letters in your loudest voice! You can say the words in capital letters in a whisper.

You can use actions and facial expressions.

You can say the poem really, really quickly.

You can look at the shape the poem makes on the page, and you can think about what shapes your mouth makes as you say the words.

Enjoy reading a verse or the whole poem aloud.

Pause the video now.

Welcome back.

Did you enjoy that? It is so much fun reading poetry aloud.

Let's summarise our learning in today's lesson.

Using the first-person helps us think from someone or someone else's perspective.

Using "I" allows us to imagine we are someone or something else.

Using exciting nouns and verbs helps us to use our imagination to know what something looks or sounds like.

James Carter is a poet who uses words that rhyme and onomatopoeia in his poems. Onomatopoeia is when a word sounds like what it is describing.

I loved teaching you today's poetry lesson, and I'll see you soon.

Bye-bye.