Forms of Poetry and Performance
Recognise different forms of poetry (free verse, narrative poetry, haiku) and discuss their features; prepare poems and play scripts to read aloud and perform with understanding through intonation, tone, volume and action
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When your child reads a poem aloud, do they change their voice to match the mood — reading excitedly for a lively poem or quietly for a sad one — rather than reading it flat?
Recognise different forms of poetry (free verse, narrative poetry, haiku) and discuss their features; prepare poems and play scripts to read aloud and perform with understanding through intonation, tone, volume and action
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- Name at least two different forms of poetry and describe a feature of each (e.g., 'narrative poetry tells a story', 'free verse does not have a regular rhyme or rhythm')
- Recognise the form of a given poem and explain how you identified it (e.g., 'This is a narrative poem because it has characters and a plot')
- Prepare and perform a poem or play script extract showing understanding through changes in intonation, volume, and expression
“When your child reads a poem aloud, do they change their voice to match the mood — reading excitedly for a lively poem or quietly for a sad one — rather than reading it flat?”
Curriculum record
- Type
- Conceptual
- Subject
- English
- Domain
- Reading Comprehension
- Age range
- Ages 7–10
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