Homework: Week 2, Term 3

 Poetry  Recital  –  Starting  Next  Week!    Starting  from  next  week,  you  will  be  given  a  day  where  you  will  recite    a  poem  (not  your  own)  to  our  class.    This  will  need  to  be  done  using  expression,  emphasis  and  good  body  language.    At  the  end  of  your  recital,  you  are  to  discuss  the  following:  

- Why  you  chose  this  poem  - Whether  it  has  a  message    - What  poetic  techniques  did  you  notice?  

Examples:  metaphor,  simile,  was  there  alliteration,  personification,  onomatopoeia?  - Did  you  notice  any  patterns?  

Examples  4  line  stanzas,  abab  rhyming  pattern,  that  every  second  line  ends  with  a  question  etc.      

- What  questions  do  you  have  about  it  still?    When  choosing  your  poem,  think  about  whether  it  is  a  good  one  and  whether  it  is  at  your  level.  Don’t  just  go  for  short  and  easy.  Some  good  poets  you  might  want  to  look  up  include  Pie  Corbett,  Ted  Hughes,  Banjo  Patterson,  Lewis  Carrol.      Writing    Read  Pie  Corbett’s  ‘If  I  Had  Wings’  poem.  Use  the  same  structure  to  write  your  own  ‘  If  I  Had  Fins’  poem,  using  powerful  imagery  and  metaphors.      Maths    

- Times  tables  practice  - Complete  the  time  worksheet  given  to  you.    - If  you  have  access  to  the  internet,  there  have  been  some  links  to  time  games  put  up  on  

our  blog  for  you  www.ta15ypbp.blogspot.com.au    Reading  Contract    -­‐  Work  through  these,  completing  at  least  one  per  week.      

If  I  Had  Wings    By  Pie  Corbett    

If I had wings I would touch the fingertips of clouds And glide on the winds breath. If I had wings I would taste a chunk of the sun As hot as peppered curry. f I had wings I would listen to the clouds of sheep bleat that graze on the blue. If I had wings I would breathe deep and sniff The scent of raindrops. If I had wings I would gaze at the people Who cling to the earth. If I had wings I would dream of swimming the deserts and walking the seas.