Lesson video

Hello, everyone.

My name is Mr. Brown, and I am here with your English lesson for today.

And we are going to be reading and responding to a poem that we actually looked at in our last lesson, Reading and Responding to "MORERAPS" by Joseph Coelho.

We will be unpicking it a little bit more.

We already know a bit about the structure of the poem, the purpose that Coelho had when writing it.

Today, we'll be looking at that in a bit more detail, reading it itself, responding to it, discussing it, and then looking at some of the poetic devices included in the poem.

So we have a lot to do, we'd better get started.

The outcome for today's lesson is I can read and respond to the poem "MORERAPS" by Joseph Coelho and explore the poetic devices within the poem.

Our keywords are poetic device, onomatopoeia, and simile.

Let's say this together, poetic device.

My turn, now yours.

Perfect.

Onomatopoeia.

And simile.

Fabulous, let's look at the definitions.

Poetic device is a technique used by poets to enhance the meaning, sound, and overall impact of their poems. Onomatopoeia is a poetic device that uses words that imitate the sound they describe.

And simile, a poetic device that compares two things using like or as.

We'll start today's lesson by exploring the poem and then move on to looking at poetic devices.

In today's lesson, we'll be reading and responding to Joseph Coelho's poem "MORERAPS".

This poem is taken from his published collection of poems "Werewolf Club Rules", which was Coelho's first published book of poetry.

Before we read the poem, what does the title "MORERAPS" make you think of? What words or images come to mind? Now we know a little bit about the structure of the poem, but do you think there's anything to do with the title? Pause the video and have a chat with your partner now.

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Okay, let's have a look.

So Jun thinks, "It makes me think the poem is going to have rapping in it.

I really like funny raps." Ah, interesting 'cause it's more raps, there may be some rapping in there.

Okay, and we have, "I remember from the last lesson we said that this poem was written as a way to help us remember poetic devices we could use in our writing." You're right, it was.

This poem has been written by Joseph Coelho to help us remember poetic devices.

And it was M for metaphor, O for onomatopoeia, so ah, interesting.

Now, are these positive or negative images? The images we're starting to think about of this poem, are they positive or negative? Well, Jun seems to think it will be about rapping and maybe funny raps, and he likes rapping.

Then we've got the idea and we noticed from last lesson that it's a way to help us remember perfect devices, which again is positive, so we're feeling pretty positive about the poem so far.

But now it's time to read the poem, "MORERAPS".

I would like you to read it out loud with a partner, reading one verse each and then swapping.

Once you've read the poem, we'll discuss our initial responses to the poem.

You might talk about whether or not you like the poem and why, and if it made you think about anything in particular.

Okay, it's over to you.

Pause the video and read "MORERAPS" by Joseph Coelho now.

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Okay, let's have a look.

I am going to give you my initial response to the poem.

And I'm gonna use the questions, what did you like about the poem and do you have any questions about it to help scaffold my response.

So I liked how the poem included so many different poetic devices.

Sometimes when you read a poem you can see, "Ah, there's a metaphor," or, "There's an example of rhyme," but this poem had it all, and I love that.

I'd like to know if the poet had any other poetic devices that he didn't choose to include, and I'd probably ask him, "Why?" But now it's your turn to give your initial response to the poem.

What did you like about the poem? And do you have any questions about it? Pause the video and have a chat with your partner now.

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Okay, let's move on to exploring what happens in the poem.

So in verse one, the poem begins by introducing the MORERAPS and describing them as a trick that helps you to be able to make your poetry more interesting to read.

So this whole poem is written as a trick, a way to help you remember those poetic devices.

In verses two and three, the second verse is about metaphors and the poet explains that these are when you say something is something else.

In verse three, the third verse is about onomatopoeia, and the poet explains that these are words which can also be sounds.

In verses four and five, in verse four, we have it dedicated to rhyme, which is when words share the same sounds.

He writes two examples, one including the rhyming words cat and hat.

The fifth verse is about emotion, and the poet lists three different emotions as examples, and one of which is happy.

Let's look at the sixth verse, and that is teaching the reader about a repetition and how a word a poet chooses to repeat must be carefully chosen.

He suggests finding words or phrases with a musical quality and creating a specific rhythm.

The seventh verse is about alliteration, and the poet uses an example featuring words that all start with a b sound.

Let's look at the next verse, and it's all about this time personification and how this means referring to non-human things as if they are alive.

He uses an example of the sun smiling.

The last poetic device explained in the poem is simile, and that's the S for MORERAPS.

And the example used is that of a mum who is so furious that she growls like a ferocious animal, and we know that similes use like or as.

In verse 10, the poem finishes in a similar way to how it started with a verse emphasising the benefits of using all of these poetic devices and how they will improve your writing.

I'd like to check your understanding of the poem by putting the following events that occur in the poem in order.

So we have A, the poet introduces the "MORERAPS" and describes them as a trick that you can use to help you in your writing.

B, the poet writes a verse emphasising the benefits of using all of these poetic devices.

C, the poet dedicates a verse to rhyme and gives you an example of that, which includes the rhyming words cat and hat.

Put these events that occur in the poem in order.

Pause the video and have a go at this task now.

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Let's see if you managed to do this task correctly.

So the first one we had is A, the poet introduces the "MORERAPS" and describes them as a trick.

Then we had C, and that's number two, the poet dedicates a verse to rhyme.

And then, of course, number three, it was the poet writing a verse emphasising the benefits.

So in similar to the first verse, that was the last verse where he emphasised the benefits of using all of the poetic devices.

Okay, let's think about how the poem made you feel.

Izzy says, "The poem made me feel excited! I want to use all of these poetic devices in my own writing." Andeep says, "The poem made me think how clever Joseph Coelho is to have come up with this idea and how helpful it is to follow when writing my own poems." Absolutely.

So let's think about how the poem made you feel.

And remember, our personal responses to the poem will be different because we are all unique.

Have a chat with the person next to you, how did the poem make you feel? Off you go.

And welcome back, I hope that was an interesting discussion, so let's move on to a task.

I'd like you to refer to the poem, so use the poem, and discuss these questions with your partner.

What did you think the poet is trying to say through the poem? What do you think he's trying to communicate to the reader? What's his message? What images came to mind for you when reading the poem? Were there any parts of the poem that created a vivid imagery in your mind? What stood out for you? Were there any poetic devices that stood out for you and why? "I think the poet is trying to say that," might be a talk scaffold you want to use, or, "The image I had in my mind when reading was," and then you could tell me the image you had.

Okay, it's a discussion with your partner.

Use those questions to be able to prompt that discussion and make sure you're listening to your partner, asking them questions if you want to find out a bit more.

Okay, it's over to you.

Pause the video and have a go at this task now.

And welcome back, I hope that was a really interesting discussion for you.

So let's have a look at an example.

Alex says, "I think the poet is trying to say that all of these poetic devices are equally important to use when writing poems." I think that's a really interesting idea, Alex.

The fact that he's not saying one of them is more important than any other, he's not putting them in order in terms of saying that the M is the most important and the S is the least.

I really, really like it.

Jun says, "The image I had in my mind when reading was the mum being like a ferocious bear or furious bear, sorry.

This was a great simile and one that created a vivid picture for me." Absolutely.

And then we have, "The poetic device that stood out for me was onomatopoeia because it looks like a fun and interesting thing to include in a poem." Let's move on to looking at the poetic devices in a bit more detail.

So Joseph Coelho created "MORERAPS" to help remember all the different poetic devices a writer could use when creating poetry.

We'll now look at two of those poetic devices a little more closely.

The devices we'll look at are similes and onomatopoeia.

A simile describes something by comparing it to something else using like or as.

Now as simile is a useful way to describe something without using a long list of adjectives.

It can create a vivid image in the reader's mind, helping to engage them.

For example, instead of saying that something was very hot, you can say, "It was as hot as the sun," and that helps me to understand just how hot it was.

Let me just check your understanding.

Which of these is an example of a simile? Is it A, the car was lightning? Is it B, the book was explosive? Or is it C, the boy was as quiet as a mouse? Which of these is an example of a simile? Pause the video and decide now.

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Okay, let's see if you found the right answer.

Well done if you said C, the boy was as quiet as a mouse.

The fact we've used as means that it is a simile.

The other two are metaphors because they say that that thing actually is something else.

The car was lightning.

Well, actually, no, it wasn't lightning.

It went fast like lightning, but it wasn't.

That means it's a metaphor.

The book was explosive.

No, the book wasn't explosive, the book was really interesting to read, but it felt like it was explosive and so that's a metaphor.

Because we've used an as, the boy was as quiet as a mouse, we're not saying he is a mouse, we are saying that he was behaving like a mouse.

He was as quiet as a mouse, and that's why it's a simile.

These two are metaphors, they describe something by saying it is something else.

This is a simile, a comparison is made using the word as and therefore it is as simile.

Let's move on to onomatopoeia.

Onomatopoeia is, first of all, a tricky word to say.

So if you want to have a practise of that, you might want to pause the lesson now and practise saying it a few times.

Onomatopoeia is a poetic device that uses words that imitates the sound they describe.

It is a word which sounds like what it means.

That's a simple way to think about it.

These are all examples of onomatopoeia: thud, crash, bang, splash.

These words are all examples because the words themselves sound like what it means.

So for example, if I make a thud by banging my hand on my desk, (desk thudding) it sounds like the word thud.

(desk thuds) Thud.

(desk thuds) Thud.

That's what's onomatopoeia is.

When you jump into a pool, the sound it makes is a bit like splash.

Onomatopoeia can help to enhance the sensory experience and bring a poem to life for the reader.

It often is used to add humour as well because the words can be fun to say.

In the "MORERAPS" poem, Joseph Coelho uses the examples whoosh and howl to describe sounds made by the wind and a dog.

Which of these is an example of an onomatopoeia? Is it A, buzz, B, jump, or C, happy? Pause the video and decide now.

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Well, I can tell you that one of these is an example of an onomatopoeia, and it's a noise that perhaps an insect might make, maybe a bee.

It is of course A, buzz.

Well done if you said A.

Bees buzz from flower to flower.

That describes the sound they make, it describes the way they move, they buzz, and it is an onomatopoeia.

When they move from flower to flower, they would be making that sound and so that's why the word buzz works perfectly for that.

I'm going to come up with some examples of onomatopoeia for the following animals: lion, bird, and bear.

Lion, roar.

Bird, cheep.

Bear, growl.

Now I want you to come up with some examples of onomatopoeia for the following animals: a bee, a snake, and an owl.

Pause the video and have a go now.

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How did you find that? Did you come up with some examples of onomatopoeia? You can share them with your partner if you like, and see if they came up with the same ones as you.

Let's move on to a task.

I'd like you to write a four-line poem about animals in a zoo using onomatopoeia.

Write in short sentences.

Each line should be about a new animal.

Each line should include a word that makes a sound, an onomatopoeia.

These sounds could be noises that the animal might make themselves, like a growl, or noises they make as they walk, eat, climb, jump, or swim like splash.

You can use this example sentence to start your poem if you want to.

Lions roar loud and proud.

And of course, roar is an example of onomatopoeia.

Okay, it's over to you.

Pause the video and have a go at this task now.

Welcome back.

Okay, let's have a look at an example.

So we have this example here, "The Noisy Zoo".

What a nice title.

"Lions roar loud and proud.

Penguins splish and splash in icy water.

Elephants thud their heavy feet down.

Monkeys chatter as they swing." Lovely, I really like that.

Very, very good example.

Let's summarise the learning we've done today.

"MORERAPS" is a poem that Joseph Coelho invented to help him remember the different poetic devices.

Poetic device is a technique used by poets to enhance the meaning, sound, and overall impact of their poems. A simile describes something by comparing it to something else, using like or as.

Onomatopoeia is a poetic device that uses words that imitate the sound they describe.

Superb work today.

I can really sense that you are developing an understanding of the poem, "MORERAPS", and all the poetic devices within it.

I'll see you again very soon.