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Performing a poem for an audience

I can perform a poem for an audience.

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Year 1

Performing a poem for an audience

I can perform a poem for an audience.

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Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. Standing to speak helps to get the audience's attention.
  2. Successful speaking includes speaking loudly and clearly enough for everyone to hear.
  3. Successful listening includes looking at the person speaking and paying close attention.
  4. Speaking with volume helps to hold an audience's attention.
  5. Actions and sound effects help add to a poem's meaning.

Keywords

  • Volume - how loud or quiet someone speaks

  • Audience - a group of people watching a show or event

  • Nursery rhyme - a type of poem or short song often read or sung to, or by, young children

Common misconception

There may be pupils who do not know a nursery rhyme by heart.

Use the Y1 'Nursery rhyme' unit prior to this lesson to familiarise children with a range of nursery rhymes. Spend time in class singing and reciting nursery rhymes together. Children may wish to choose their favourite nursery rhyme to perform.

The performances could be worked on and performed as a small group, in pairs or on their own. Decide what would work best for your class. Filming the performances helps pupils to reflect on them.
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Lesson video

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6 Questions

Q1.
Match the keywords to the correct meanings.
Correct Answer:speaking,using your voice to talk to someone

using your voice to talk to someone

Correct Answer:listening,paying attention to what someone is saying

paying attention to what someone is saying

Correct Answer:volume,how loud or quiet someone speaks

how loud or quiet someone speaks

Q2.
What is an audience?
someone speaking in front of others
Correct answer: a group of people watching a performance or event
how loud or quiet someone speaks
Q3.
True or false? When we are speaking to an audience, we should shout.
true
Correct answer: false
Q4.
How can we be a good listener?
Correct answer: by looking at the person speaking
Correct answer: by keeping your lips closed
by wiggling around a lot
Correct answer: by paying attention to what the person speaking is saying
by chatting to your partner
Q5.
What is a performance?
Correct answer: a show that you put on for others
watching someone put on a show
speaking clearly
Q6.
Which of these are nursery rhymes?
Correct answer: Little Bo Peep
Correct answer: Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
Wild
Correct answer: Hickory Dickory Dock

6 Questions

Q1.
True or false? Nursery rhymes are a type of poem.
Correct answer: true
false
Q2.
Match the keywords to the correct meanings.
Correct Answer:performance,a show that you put on for others

a show that you put on for others

Correct Answer:audience,a group of people who watch a show or event

a group of people who watch a show or event

Correct Answer:nursery rhyme,a type of poem that is often sung to a tune

a type of poem that is often sung to a tune

Q3.
A successful speaker will …
Correct answer: speak loudly.
Correct answer: speak clearly.
speak quietly.
Correct answer: stand to speak.
look at the floor.
Q4.
Which of the following make a performance more exciting to watch?
Correct answer: actions and movements
Correct answer: facial expressions
sitting on a chair
looking at the floor
Q5.
Good listeners …
Correct answer: look at the person speaking.
chat to their partner.
Correct answer: keep their bodies still.
Correct answer: keep their lips closed.
Q6.
True or false? It is useful to get feedback after a performance.
Correct answer: true
false