English- Week 6

Monday 8th February

Can I identify rhyme and rhythm in poetry?

Can I perform a poem?

This week we are going to start by thinking about poetry. There are two features that poems usually have:

1) Poems often rhyme: 2) They have rhythm:

There was a really bright star, Rhythm is like a pattern/a tuneI saw it from afar

Watch these clips to find out more about rhyming words and rhythm:

How to write a poem - BBC Bitesize

What are rhyming words? - BBC Bitesize

Read the space poems on the next page together with a grown up. Can you……?

1) Clap the rhythm for your favourite poem as you say it? (Some of them may be written to a familiar tune.)

2) Try and perform the poem to your grown up?

Zoom, Zoom, Zoom

Zoom, zoom, zoom,

I'm going to the moon.

Zoom, zoom, zoom,

I'll get there very soon.

If you want to take a

trip,

Climb aboard my rocket

ship.

Zoom, zoom, zoom,

I'm going to the moon!

The Solar System in Motion

(to the tune of "The Farmer in the Dell")

The Earth turns around,

The Earth turns around.

Once a day, every day,

The Earth turns around.

The moon goes round the Earth,

The moon goes round the Earth.

Once a month, every month,

The moon goes round the Earth.

The Earth goes round the sun,

The Earth goes round the sun.

Once a year, every year,

The earth goes round the sun.

Solar System

(to the tune of "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star)

Twinkle, twinkle, little star,

Oh so bright and oh so far.

In the sky, a tiny dot.

Glowing gas that's very hot!

Twinkle, twinkle, little star,

Oh so bright and oh so far.

Beaming, beaming, gleaming moon,

Like a giant white balloon,

Round and round the Earth you spin,

Through the month, new shapes you're in.

Beaming, beaming, gleaming moon,

Like a giant white balloon.

Glowing, glowing, red-hot sun.

Shining light on everyone.

Earth goes round you once a year.

You're a star with atmosphere!

Glowing, glowing, red-hot sun,

Shining light on everyone.

Moon

Are you lonely, Moon?

You giant white balloon!

You have no water, wind or air.

No wonder, nothing lives up there.

You can't grow trees or flowers or grass.

Your soil is only rocks and glass.

Even your light is not your own.

Instead it's from the sun that's shone.

Your gravity is weak, I hear.

You really have no atmosphere.

But don't be sad, Moon, please don't cry.

For I still love you in the sky.

Read the poems again, Can you spot the rhyming words and underline them if you have them printed off.Have you noticed where the rhyming words often are?

Find 5 things (nouns) in your house and write some words that thyme with them.For example:

Rug, mug, plug, tug, smug.

Challenge: Can you write a rhyming couplet with some of your words?

e.g: I had a showernow I smell like a flower!

Tuesday 9th February

Can I add verbs to a poem ?

Today we are going to add our own verbs to change the poem on the right.

This poem doesn’t rhyme but has rhythm and just has 2 words on each line. Read the poem with a grown up and clap the rhythm.

Verbs are doing words/action words.

Can you put a circle around the verbs in this poem?

Send your poem via

2email to Mrs. Jones

or Mr. Trevallion

Challenge:

Can you create a

similar poem

about a rocket:

Boosters firing,

Sky soaring, …..

Wednesday 10th February

Everybody Reads Day!

Today is all about reading for pleasure! Complete the activities on the page below.

There is a larger version of the pleasure bingo on the second page.

Thursday 11th February

Can I write an acrostic poem?

Here are some examples of acrostic poems.

Let’s try it!

First, we need to think of lots of words associated with the theme of the poem. Of course our

theme will be…… space.

Spectacular comets

planets

Stars

Astronauts aliens

Can you think of any more?

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A

C

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Sparkling stars in the skyPlanets whizzing round the sunACE

Now try your own and send a copy to Mrs. Kerbey or Mr.Trevallion

at

2 email.

I have started one here to show you::

Acrostic Space Poem

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Friday 12th January

Reading Comprehension

Read the Chinese new year comprehensions then answer the

questions on the following pages. It’s ok to read the comprehension

with a grown up or have them read parts of the poem as some of it

will be difficult to read.

Try the one star questions if you are on Red, Yellow or Blue level

Try the 2 star questions if you are on Green, Orange, Purple,

Turquoise, Gold or White level.

1 Star Level

2 Star Level