Australian Curriculum V8
ACELT1606
Understand, interpret and experiment with a range of devices and deliberate word play in poetry and other literary texts, for example nonsense words, spoonerisms, neologisms and puns
Elaborations
- defining spoonerisms, neologisms and puns and exploring how they are used by authors to create a sense of freshness, originality and playfulness (Skills: Literacy, Critical and Creative Thinking)
- discussing poetic language, including unusual adjectival use and how it engages us emotionally and brings to life the poet's subject matter, for example 'He grasps the crag with crooked hands' (Alfred, Lord Tennyson); 'Wee ... tim'rous beastie' (Robert Burns) (Skills: Literacy, Critical and Creative Thinking)
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teaching resources for those 'aha' moments
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Poetic Devices Teaching Slides
Explore examples of poetic devices using this comprehensive and age-appropriate slide deck perfect for your poetry writing unit.
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Exploring Poetry Workbook
Teach your students about all things poetry with this jam-packed poetry workbook created especially for primary school students.
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Exploring Poetry - Year 3 and Year 4 Unit Plan
This English unit addresses common poetic devices such as sound play, word play and imagery and explores how these may be applied to narrative poetry.
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Word Play in Poetry
A 60 minute lesson in which students will identify and explore word play in poetry.