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Year 1

Performance of James Carter poems

I can perform a poem by James Carter.

New
New
Year 1

Performance of James Carter poems

I can perform a poem by James Carter.

Lesson details

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.

Common misconception

Pupils may struggle to give a reason for their opinion.

Model lots of examples using 'because' to expand upon their choice. Call on confident pupils to share their reasons for their opinions and give lots of praise for using 'because' in a sentence.

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

Children can work alone, in pairs or in groups to perform poems. You can group children depending on what they chose as their favourite poem. Groupwork might allow children to perform better as they can practise smaller chunks to perform so they will be more likely to remember the words.
Teacher tip

Equipment

You need a copy of the 2018 Otter-Barry Books Limited edition of ‘Zim Zam Zoom! Zappy Poems to Read Out Loud’ written by James Carter, for this lesson.

Licence

This content is © Oak National Academy Limited (2024), licensed on Open Government Licence version 3.0 except where otherwise stated. See Oak's terms & conditions (Collection 2).

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6 Questions

Q1.
What do most James Carter poems include?
many pages
heroes and villains
Correct answer: rhyming words
facts
Q2.
Match the rhyming words.
Correct Answer:pit,hit

hit

Correct Answer:bath,laugh

laugh

Correct Answer:star,car

car

Correct Answer:play,day

day

Q3.
Which of these are poems by James Carter?
Little Bo Peep
Correct answer: Zim Zam Zoom!
The Magic Porridge Pot
Correct answer: Splish! Splash! Splosh!
Q4.
What is a performance?
Correct answer: a show
a test
a book
Q5.
Poems and fairy tales are similar because ...
they are both sung to tunes.
they always have magic in them.
Correct answer: they both have titles.
they both have rhyming words.
Q6.
Which of these James Carter poems have onomatopoeia in the title?
Correct answer: 'Zim Zam Zoom!'
'Firework Poem'
Correct answer: 'Splish! Splash! Splosh!'
'BEwARe!'

6 Questions

Q1.
James Carter uses lots of __________ and __________ in his poems.
adverbs
Correct answer: rhyme
Correct answer: onomatopoeia
magic
Q2.
What does it mean to give an opinion?
to tell a story
to do a performance
Correct answer: to share your thoughts and feelings
to count numbers
Q3.
All opinions are ...
the same.
different.
Correct answer: personal.
Q4.
Which of these can we add expression to?
hands
Correct answer: voice
feet
toes
Q5.
__________ refers to the loudness or softness of the voice when speaking or reading a poem.
Correct answer: Volume
Action
Expression
Q6.
Actions and sound effects ...
Correct answer: add to a poem's meaning.
make a performance hard to understand.
Correct answer: make a performance more exciting.
make a performance boring.