Understanding new vocabulary in 'The Listeners' by Walter de la Mare
I can use strategies to identify key vocabulary and begin to understand the poem further.
Understanding new vocabulary in 'The Listeners' by Walter de la Mare
I can use strategies to identify key vocabulary and begin to understand the poem further.
Lesson details
Key learning points
- Identifying the word class can support readers when interpreting new vocabluary
- Readers can use the context of the sentence to help with understanding the meaning
- Skipping a new word can help infer its meaning
- Replacing an unknown word with a known word can support readers when interpreting new vocabluary
Common misconception
Pupils may think that any word can replace an unknown word.
Replacement words should be based on contextual clues, which can be supported through inferring and reading around a word.
Keywords
Narrative poem - A narrative poem tells a story with characters, plot, and elements of a narrative.
Context - The context is the surrounding details that help you understand what you're reading.
Word class - Word class is the name we give to different types of words that are used to form sentences.
Reading fluency - Reading fluency refers to the ability to read a text accurately, smoothly, and with appropriate expression.
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Starter quiz
6 Questions
descriptive language often including dialogue
informative and objective language
vivid and descriptive language often including rhyme
Exit quiz
6 Questions
a story with characters, plot, and elements of a narrative
the surrounding details that help you understand the text
name given to different types of words from a sentence
to read a text accurately, smoothly, and with expression
a naming word for people, places or things
a doing, being or having word
describes a noun
describes a verb
verb
noun
adjective