Year 1 - English
Performing a poem for an audience
Speaking loud and proud
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Unit Summary
In this unit, pupils practise their speaking and listening skills in a performative way. Pupils learn the importance of speaking 'loud and proud' by standing up and using their voice for a range of purposes; show and tell, performing a poem and expressing an opinion.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to perform a poem for an audience.
Key Notes
- Standing to speak helps to get the audience's attention.
- Successful speaking includes speaking loudly and clearly enough for everyone to hear.
- Successful listening includes looking at the person speaking and paying close attention.
- Speaking with volume helps to hold an audience's attention.
- Actions and sound effects help add to a poem's meaning.
Vocabulary To Learn
- volume: how loud or quiet someone speaks
- audience: a group of people watching a show or event
- nursery rhyme: a type of poem or short song often read or sung to, or by, young children
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- There may be pupils who do not know a nursery rhyme by heart.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain this English learning goal in two key points.
Standing to speak helps to get the audience's attention. Successful speaking includes speaking loudly and clearly enough for everyone to hear.
2. Define this language term and use it in a sentence. 'volume'
how loud or quiet someone speaks.
3. Correct this common English misunderstanding.
Mistake: There may be pupils who do not know a nursery rhyme by heart. Correction: Use the Y1 'Nursery rhyme' unit prior to this lesson to familiarise children with a range of nursery rhymes. Spend time in class singing and reciting nursery rhymes together. Children may wish to choose their favourite nursery rhyme to perform.
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