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Poetry
Objectives
To explore and comment on words in texts that make an impact on the reader.
Resources
Year 3 CGP Comprehension Book | KWL chart from Lesson 1
Today's Lesson
Introduction
Reread ‘Nature Trail’ in the Year 3 CGP Comprehension Book. Discuss the poem again and the questions / answers from Lesson 2.
Main Activity
In today’s lesson, explain to your student that poets have a toolbox which helps them to write poetry. Just like a carpenter has hammers and nails, poets (and writers in general) have tools that help them to write their poems.
One of those tools is sensory imagery.
Allow your student to tell you what they think sensory imagery is. Point out any sensory imagery contained in the poem ‘Nature Trail’ (sensory imagery is any description that involves on or more of the five senses - touch, sight, taste, smell, sound).
Ask - why do you think the poet (Benjamin Zephaniah) chose to include sensory imagery? What is the purpose? How do these details help you to understand the poem? (They help us to see what he sees; they make us feel closer to the things he is experiencing and seeing).
Next, give your student an object (such as a slice of apple) and allow them to come up with as many words as they can to describe the apple using the senses.
Next talk about how poets decide what to write about. Explain that they write about what they know and what is important to them. Explain that the first thing writers do is come up with ideas to write about by brainstorming.
Model for your student a list of topics that you would write about, and then ask them to do the same. Keep this list as you will need it tomorrow!
Spelling
Review spelling words to prepare for a test at the end of the week. You may wish to use Spelling Frame. Try the Spelling Tiles and Sorting Segments to listen to the parts of the word, then sort the words into the correct or incorrect box.