ACELT1611
Understand, interpret and experiment with sound devices and imagery, including simile, metaphor and personification, in narratives, shape poetry, songs, anthems and odes
Elaborations
- discussing how figurative language including simile and metaphor can make use of a comparison between different things, for example 'My love is like a red, red rose'; 'Tyger!, Tyger! burning bright, In the forests of the night'; and how by appealing to the imagination, it provides new ways of looking at the world (Skills: Literacy, Critical and Creative Thinking, Personal and Social Capability)
- investigating the qualities of contemporary protest songs, for example those about Indigenous peoples and those about the environment (Skills: Literacy, Critical and Creative Thinking, Intercultural Understanding)
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Figurative Language Poster Pack
Remind your students about the most common types of figurative language with this set of classroom display posters.
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Elements of Poetry Workbook
Explore the wonders of poetry with this set of poems and accompanying worksheets designed specifically for children.
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Elements of Poetry Teaching Slides
Explore the key elements of poetry with your students using this comprehensive and age-appropriate slide deck perfect for your poetry writing unit.
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Interpreting Figurative Language - Worksheets
Explore figurative language in poetry with this age-appropriate poem and accompanying vocabulary questions.
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Figurative Language Flip Book
A flip book template for students to identify examples of figurative language.
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Roll and Find – Figurative Language Worksheet
Explore, identify and interpret figurative language with this engaging roll and find activity.
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Sound Devices PowerPoint
An editable PowerPoint to use when teaching sound devices to your students.
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Comprehension Strategy Teaching Resource Pack - Interpreting Figurative Language
A comprehensive resource pack helping students explore the concept of figurative language.
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Figurative Language
A 60 minute lesson in which students will identify and investigate figurative language in poetry.
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Descriptive Poetry - Odes
A 60 minute lesson in which students will plan and write an ode.
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Concrete Poetry - Shape Poems
A 60 minute lesson in which students will plan and write a shape poem.
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Forms of Poetry
A 60 minute lesson in which students will explore some well-known and commonly used forms of fixed verse.
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Sound Devices
A 60 minute lesson in which students will identify and investigate sound devices in poetry.
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Assessment - Experimenting with Poetry
An assessment task in which students will demonstrate an understanding of the elements of poetry by writing an ode and a ballad.
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Experimenting with Poetry Unit Plan - Year 5 and Year 6
This English unit addresses the common elements of poetry and explores how these may be applied to shape poems, limericks, odes and simple ballads.