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OCTOPOEMS
Try your hand at describing a person or topic through this eight-line formula.
| FORMULA! | EXAMPLE! | |
| line 1: | Topic is a colour | My mother is pink. |
| line 2: | a season | She is the summer time |
| line 3: | a place | in the kitchen. |
| line 4: | a type of weather | She is warm. |
| line 5: | a type of clothing | My mother is a slipper, |
| line 6: | a piece of furniture | a comfortable old sofa. |
| line 7: | a TV show | She is an Oprah show, |
| line 8: | a type of food | lumpy chicken gravy! |
Try these:
A chef, a waiter, a fireman, a cow, a dinosaur, a teacher … or any other topic of your choice.
| First attempt with a partner | First attempt solo |
| How well did I do? | Self | Peer | |
| I could choose a topic | |||
| I could write eight lines | |||
| I could write each line as stated in the formula | |||
| Fill your own criteria into this block: | |||
[LO 3.7.1; 4.1.1; 4.3]
Poems can be such fun!
Find some food poems to read and/or dramatise in groups.
Here is a list of possible poems – just in case you are stuck:
Zanzibar Pete and Zoom-along Dick by Nancy Chambers
After Breakfast by Roy Fuller
I eat my peas with honey (Anon)
How to open … by John Fuller
Sweet Song by Vernon Scannell
Late for Breakfast by Mary Dawson
Greedy Dog by James Hurley
The Vulture by Hilaire Belloc
The Flattered Flying Fish by E.V. Rieu
Boa Constrictor by Shel Silverstein
KNOW YOUR WORD POWER!
Select the correct meaning for the word and test your word power!
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CHALLENGE!!
Can you make a sketch incorporating all ten of the words in the illustrations? (Only use the correct ones!)
[LO 6.1.2]
Discussion and role-play (group work)
What do you think these diners are complaining about? Discuss various options with your group members.
Act out this scene.
Firstly dramatise it in a negative and aggressive way, and following that in a positive manner.
Which is the better way of handling the problem?
[LO 1.3; 1.4; 1.6; 2.2.1; 2.2.4; 2.4.3; 2.4.4; 5.1.3]
Complete the speech bubbles
[LO 4.1.1; 4.4.2; 5.3.6; 5.4.1]
| CHECKLIST | Self | Peer | ||||
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[LO 4.1.3; 5.3.5]
Silent reading: Carefully read through the following passage and decide whether the given statements are True (T) or False (F).
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