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Questions for the class:

What do you think when someone says ‘poetry’?

What types of poetry can you think of?

What themes do poets explore?

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Questions for the class:

What do you think when someone says ‘poetry’?

What types of poetry can you think of?

What themes do poets explore?

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Step 1: On a piece of paper, write on the first line “Water is…” (drawing is also okay)

Step 2: Fold the paper, pass it to another classmate, respond to “Water makes me feel…”

Step 3: repeat using different stems until paper is filled

Step 4: Students form pairs, have one piece of paper each and read all the entries aloud.

Step 5: Individual creation of a list poem, selecting and rearranging lines from the paper (resource: Joe Brainard’s I Remember)

(Optional) Step 6: read poems aloud to the class

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Discussion Questions:

What big ideas/issues is this poem about?

What did this poem make you feel?

What did this poem make you think about?

What do you think inspired the poet?

Extension question: How does the poet use voice, tone, facial expressions, and gestures to emphasise meaning?

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Kids’ Poems and Stories With Michael Rosen

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The Car Trip | POEM | The Hypnotiser | Kids' Poems and Stories With Michael Rosen

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Example poems to use:

Shel Silverstein - With His Mouth Full of Food

Aoife Mannix - Today I'm Not Going to School

Discussion Questions:

What big ideas/issues is this poem about?

What did this poem make you feel?

What did this poem make you think about?

What do you think inspired the poet?

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Questions for the class:

What do you think when someone says ‘poetry’?

What types of poetry can you think of?

What themes do poets explore?

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Examples:

A Proud Blemish by Kayo Chingonyi

I am Nobody by Emily Dickinson

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Examples:

Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll

I Can Read With My Eyes Shut by Dr Seuss

The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Expuery

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Examples:

The Waste Land by T.S. Eliot

Between Walls by William Carlos Williams

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Activity #1: Activating Prior Knowledge - Onomatopoeia

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Activity #1: Activating Prior Knowledge - Onomatopoeia

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Examples of onomatopoeic words:

Broom

Grrr

Honk Honk

Clunk Clunk

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Examples of onomatopoeic words:

Badump badump

Ahhh

Oohhh

Boomp Boomp

Beat

Slap

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Explicit Instruction: Edgar Allen Poe - The Bells

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Explicit Instruction: Edgar Allen Poe - The Bells

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The Bells by Edgar Allan Poe (read by Tom O'Bedlam)

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Running Water By Lee Emmett Water plops into pond Splash-splash downhill Warbling magpies in tree Trilling, melodic thrill Copyright © by the owner. This Poem Features In: poems about onomatopoeia Discover More Poetry

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Line 1: Noun

Line 2: Noun Verb

Line 3: Noun Verb Onomatopoeic word (OW)

Line 4: N V OW OW

Line 5: V OW OW

Line 6: OW OW

Extension task: Write an interpretation of your poem

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Worked Example: We Are Going by Oodgeroo Noonuccal

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Worked Example: We Are Going by Oodgeroo Noonuccal

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Students identify and label similes and metaphors.

Put a ‘?’ next to similes or metaphors you do not understand. Discuss as class.

Write an interpretation of the poem using the scaffold from earlier lessons.

Extension Task: What other poetic devices does Oodgeroo Noonuccal use that we have studied so far?

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Worked Example: Cool Water by Frankie Lane

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Worked Example: Cool Water by Frankie Lane

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Students may choose their own song if they wish.

Provide a list of songs that students may choose to analyse if they are struggling to find a song. For example, I Was Only 19 by Redgum and Karma by Taylor Swift.

Students start their only analysis of the song. Identify, label and comment on poetic devices, explore meaning behind the song, and establish personal connection.

Encourage groups to work together and share their findings.

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Students read Mulga Bill’s Bicycle by Banjo Patterson with a partner.

Teacher leads analysis of punctuation, poetic devices and meaning.

Provide historical and social context of the poem.

Conduct classroom analysis of poems using questions from previous lessons (punctuation, poetic devices, meaning). Use Pinwheel discussion structure.

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Innovative Education Consultants: Alwyn Poole

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Mulga Bill's Bicyle by A. B. Paterson: read aloud by Alwyn Poole

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Summative Assessment options:

1. “The Mighty Torrent”: Write a five stanza limerick.

2. “Ripples of Time”: Write a 25 line poem. The structure is up to you.

3. “Hymn to the Rain”: Write a set of lyrics that includes an intro, two verses and chorus.

4. “Water’s Journey”: construct a poem using magneticpoetry.com

5. “Water’s Healing Touch”: Construct a blackout poem using one page from a novel (provided by teacher)

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https://play.magneticpoetry.com/poem/original/kit/