Year 7 - English
Performing our poems about place and home
Poetry about place and home
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Unit Summary
In this unit, pupils read and respond to poems that explore the links between place and identity. They start by exploring a selection of poems including Grace Nichol's 'Island Man' and Lemn Sissay's 'Anthem of the North'. They then write and perform their own poems about place and home.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to perform your poem with confidence and use different performance techniques to convey emotion.
Key Notes
- Connecting with the audience when reading our poems can make our story more powerful.
- We can use our body language, posture and eye contact to convey certain emotions.
- We can vary the pitch and pace of our voice to convey different emotions and influence the tone of our poem.
- You can trick yourself into feeling more confident about a performance through deep breathing and smiling.
Vocabulary To Learn
- Pitch: pitch refers to the relative highness and lowness of voice when speaking
- Pace: when delivering a monologue, pace refers to the speed at which you are saying the words
- Tone: tone refers to the general mood or feeling
- Body language: body language is the movements or positions of your body that show other people how you are feeling
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- As long as the content of a poem is good, the performance will automatically be good.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain this English learning goal in two key points.
Connecting with the audience when reading our poems can make our story more powerful. We can use our body language, posture and eye contact to convey certain emotions.
2. Define this language term and use it in a sentence. 'Pitch'
pitch refers to the relative highness and lowness of voice when speaking.
3. Correct this common English misunderstanding.
Mistake: As long as the content of a poem is good, the performance will automatically be good. Correction: Performance requires practise in a unique set of skills which are worth practising as a good performance can enhance the poem content.
More Lessons In This Unit
- Analysing 'Search for My Tongue' Study Guide
- Analysing 'This Poem is Taking Place on Stolen Land' Study Guide
- Analysing the poem 'Island Man' by Grace Nichols Study Guide
- Comparing poems about place and home Study Guide
- Considering the nature of home Study Guide
- Exploring example poems about place and home Study Guide
- Exploring memories of home in the poem 'Childhood Tracks' Study Guide
- Exploring regional pride in the poem 'Anthem of the North' Study Guide
- Exploring the link between place and identity Study Guide
- Exploring what home means through the poem 'Filter' Study Guide
- Planning ideas for a poem about your home Study Guide
- Using punctuation in poetry Study Guide
- Writing our own poetry about home Study Guide
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