Reading and responding to 'The Morning Rush' by John Foster
I can give a personal response to the poem and read it aloud.
Reading and responding to 'The Morning Rush' by John Foster
I can give a personal response to the poem and read it aloud.
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Lesson details
Key learning points
- John Foster is a poet and is known for writing humorous poetry for children.
- Foster’s poetry often explores everyday experiences that are familiar to children.
- ‘The Morning Rush’ is a poem about getting ready for school in the morning and how rushed the experience can be.
- Repetition is used to create a sense of speed and urgency.
Keywords
Theme - a big idea, topic or message that recurs within a text
Humorous - something that makes a person laugh or smile because it is funny or silly
Repetition - the repeated use of sounds, words or phrases
Common misconception
Pupils may think that poems are always about imaginative things and based in fantasy worlds.
Teach pupils that poems can also be about everyday experiences and familiar scenarios.
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Equipment
You need a copy of the poem ‘The Morning Rush’, which is in the 2000 Oxford University Press edition of ‘Time for a Rhyme: Around the Day (Rhyme Time)’ complied by John Foster, for this lesson.
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