Key learning points

1. Poems can be learnt by heart by listening to them again and again.
2. Making comparisons means finding similarities and differences in a poem, such as the use of rhyme and onomatopoeia.
3. Personal responses are a way of sharing your own thoughts, feelings, and opinions about the text.
4. Actions and sound effects help to add to a poem's meaning.
5. Expression and volume help to hold an audience's attention.

Keywords

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

• Volume - the loudness or softness of the voice when speaking or reading a poem

• Expression - reading with feelings and emotion to bring a poem to life

• Recite - to speak or perform a poem aloud from memory

• Opinion - a personal view about something

Common misconception