Reading 'Firework Poem' by James Carter
I can listen to and discuss 'Firework Poem'.
Reading 'Firework Poem' by James Carter
I can listen to and discuss 'Firework Poem'.
Lesson details
Key learning points
- Using the first person helps us think from someone or something else’s perspective.
- Using "I" allows us to imagine we are someone or something else.
- Using exciting nouns and verbs help us to use our imagination to know what something looks or sounds like.
- James Carter is a poet who uses words that rhyme and onomatopoeia in his poems.
- Onomatopoeia is when a word sounds like what it is describing.
Common misconception
Pupils may not be familiar with fireworks and how they look and sound.
Find a video of a fireworks display to show the children. Ensure the video is a good example of the different sounds and sights that are synonymous with firework displays.
Keywords
Rhyme - repetition in the sounds at the ends of words
Perspective - point of view
First person - the 'I/we' perspective
Onomatopoeia - a type of word that sounds like what it describes
Imagination - forming a thought or picture of something or someone that is not actually there
Equipment
You need a copy of the poem ‘Firework Poem’, which is in 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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Starter quiz
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Exit quiz
6 Questions
repetition in the sounds at the ends of words
a type of word that sounds like what it describes
a doing or being word
a word that describes a noun