Man on the Moon Poem & Year Six Project Work

Nearly forty years ago, we first landed on the Moon.

"I knew that I would live to see the first man on the Moon. I did not know I would live to see the last one." --Jerry Pournelle.

Listen to the Year Six 'hope' poetryboo:

P.S. Listen to my eduboo:


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Year 6 Poetry: Writing Iambic Verse

In class we continued to study Shakespeare's use of the iambic pentameter



Task: Write a four line poem about school...your challenge is to write it in the iambic pentameter. Don't forget you can use a variety of poetic techniques, too, e.g. alliteration, simile, metaphor, etc.

Due: Tuesday

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Year 6: Poetry Comprehension (Weekend)

Please complete the 11+ poetry comprehension for Monday. Don't forget that you can get loads of advice on answering comprehensions, and listen to useful podcasts, at Bald Worm's comprehension blog, http://bit.ly/comprehension

P.S. We'll be looking at writing stories based a passage next week, so get revising!

Poetry Competition

We love poetry at FSG! We are all going to learn a poem by heart, and perform it for the class as part of our Book Week!

The four best performers will be invited to recite their poem at a special competition in the hall - and we'll record their performances and podcast them on this blog!

Try to pick poems written by non-English poets: look for poems from Australia, India, America, Jamaica, China...

Learning poetry by heart
Depending on your prefered learning style, there are several different ways to start learning your poem

- Read the poem again and again.
- Try recording it onto tape, and listen to it again and again
- If you're a kinaesthetic learner, make up some movements for each line of the poem
- Musical learner might want to learn the poem as a song, or try setting it to music!
- Visual learners might want to write it up as a beautiful piece of calligraphy

Year 6 - Poetry Comprehension

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Homework: Complete the Wycombe Abbey poetry comprehension.

Remember to comment on the following:

Similes
Metaphors
The Five Senses

Rhyme
Rhythm

Alliteration
Sibilance
Assonance

Short vowel sounds
Long vowel sounds

Good luck!