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Nouns and mood in poetry. 'Be Glad Your Nose is on Your Face' by Jack Prelutsky.
Kids love a humorous poem and Jack Prelutsky’s poem 'Be Glad Your Nose is on Your Face is a hoot.
Learning Objectives:
to learn about and identify nouns
to learn about mood
to recognise how a poem makes you feel
This document includes lesson notes, two worksheets and a game.
This is part of a 8 week unit on humorous poetry. Over the 8 weeks students will be exposed to a variety of funny poems and taught the main language features of poetry.
Please note: you will need your own copy of the poem. A blank page with appropriate images is included for you to write the poem on if needed.
Verbs and repetition in poetry. 'Learning to Fly' by Kenn Nesbitt.
Kids love a humorous poem and Kenn Nesbitt’s ‘Learning to Fly’ has a surprise ending.
Learning Objectives:
To find out about repetition in poetry
To find out about verbs
To find out what makes a poem humorous
This document includes lesson notes and a worksheet. The worksheet uses physical actions to reinforce the fact that verbs show action.
This is part of a 8 week unit on humorous poetry. Over the 8 weeks students will be exposed to a variety of funny poems and taught the main language features of poetry.
Learning to Fly" Copyright © 2014 Kenn Nesbitt. From The Biggest Burp Ever. All Rights Reserved. Reprinted by permission of the author Poetry4Kids.
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Humorous Poetry Unit. 8 poetry lessons + worksheets.
Kids love a humorous poem and this unit will keep you giggling for 8 lessons. Over this time students will be exposed to a variety of funny poems and taught the main language features of poetry.
• nouns
• verbs
• adjectives
• mood
• alliteration
• antonyms
• rhythm and rhyme
• tongue twisters
• poem structures
Each poem comes with teaching notes and worksheets.
Each lesson is designed to fit in a one hour teaching block.
Included poems:
Be Glad Your Nose in on Your Face by Jack Prelutsky
Frightened by Shel Silverstein
I Stuck My Finger Up My Nose by Kenn Nesbitt
Learning to Fly by Kenn Nesbitt
My Neighbour’s Dog is Purple by Shel Silverstein
Eating Numbers by Neal Levin
Falling Up by Shal Silverstein
Tongue Twisters
Please note: you will need to have access to your own copy of some of the poems. A blank page with appropriate images is included for you to write the poem on if needed.
Poem structure: stanza, line, punctuation. 'Eating Numbers' by Neal Levin.
Learn about poem structures with Neal Levin’s Eating Numbers, an engaging poem that kids a can relate to.
Learning Objectives:
To learn about and identify poem structures; stanza, line, title, author, full stop, comma, capital letter.
To learn how poem structures influence how they are read
This document includes lesson notes and a worksheet.
This is part of a 8 week unit on humorous poetry. Over the 8 weeks students will be exposed to a variety of funny poems and taught the main language features of poetry.
Please note: you will need to have access to your own copy of the poem. A blank page with appropriate images is included for you to write the poem on if needed.
You can find the poem on Neil Levin’s website.