How to perform poetry Say every word clearly Which bits should be louder or quieter?

1. How to perform poetry • Say every word clearly • Which bits should be louder or quieter? • Which bits should be faster or slower? • Do you need pauses anywhere? • What about different voices? • Are any actions needed? • Would sound effects help anywhere?

2. Dice Score What to write 2A game I like to play 3 Someone I like 4 A TV programme I like 5 Something I like to wear 6 A nice place for a holiday 7 Something I like to do 8 An animal I like 9 Something I like to eat 10 A place I like outside home 11 Something nice at school 12 A place I like at home

3. What is a rhyme? A rhyme is something you hear. When two words end in the same vowel phoneme, or the same vowel-plus-consonant pair of phonemes, they rhyme. Examples:1) sky, try 2) cat, hat You can't tell a rhyme just by looking at a word! Examples: Do these pairs rhyme? Do they look like rhymes? paid, said blood, hood weight, height eye, sigh home, foam choose, use

4. Sometimes words almost rhyme, but not quite. We call this a half rhyme. Examples: neat, hate peach, couch sorting, parting Benjamin Zephaniah uses these pairs of words which sound a bit alike but don't rhyme: gravity, heavenly freezing, believing magic, panic Can you find any others that he uses?

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