1. YEAR 5 POETRY UNIT
WEEK ONE

2. During today’s lesson We will:
Review our previous learning – by showing we recognise the features of this style of poetry (T6)
Continue to read a range of narrative poetry (T4)
Distinguish between homophones (W6)
During independent work, you will:
Use the structure of a poem to write an extension based on this (T12)

3. So what have we learnt so far?
introductory verse
characters
storyline
chronological series of events
often have an easily identifiable rhythm
sometimes rhyming couplets
punctuation to aid expression when reading aloud
Narrative poems are …
poems that tell a story
Features of narrative poetry can be:

4. How the Bumble-Bee Got His Stripes
By Nick Toczek

5. How the Bumble-Bee got His Stripes
On the day that the world began,
Each of the creatures was shown
All the colours of the universe;
And all were told to choose
Which of these they wanted for themselves.

6. How the Bumble-Bee got His Stripes
Well, that day the elephant
Thought carefully and chose to be grey,
But the bumble-bee
Just bumbled around and buzzed around
And couldn’t make up his mind
And the yellow sun shone so brightly
That the bumble-bee’s bum became yellow

7. How the Bumble-Bee got His Stripes
And that night the goldfish
Thought carefully and chose to be golden,
But the bumble-bee
Just bumbled around and buzzed around
And couldn’t make up his mind
And the black night grew so dark
That the bumble-bee’s hips became black.

8. How the Bumble-Bee got His Stripes
And the next day the cricket
Thought carefully and chose to be green,
But the bumble-bee
Just bumbled around and buzzed around
And couldn’t make up his mind,
And the yellow sun shone so brightly
That the bumble-bee’s waist became yellow

9. What have you noticed?
Think about our previous lessons on narrative poetry
Share your ideas with a partner

10. So what have we noticed ? On the day that the world began,
Each of the creatures was shown
All the colours of the universe;
And all were told to choose
Which of these they wanted for themselves
Like a narrative story opening .. this verse tells the reader who, where, what, when, why

11. So what have we noticed ?
In the first line of each verse a new animal is introduced
Well, that day the elephant
And that night the goldfish
And the next day the cricket
The passing of time is also shown in the first line, just as you would when you start a new paragraph in a story.

12. So what have we noticed ?
To emphasise the bumble-bee’s behaviour, the poet uses repetition in each verse.
‘But the bumble-bee
Just bumbled around and buzzed around
And couldn’t make up his mind’
This also makes the reader question what might happen next. Just like in a build up section of a story.

13. So what have we noticed ?
The passing of time is also shown in each verse with the alternate use of day and night
The sun makes part of the bumble-bee’s body yellow where as the dark sky makes it black

14. In your independent work,
You will write the next verses of How the Bumble-Bee Got His Stripes with a partner
But first….
Lets take a closer look at some of the words within the poem

15. Each of these words can be spelt at least one other way and still sound exactly the same. Can you think of the other spellings and explain their meaning?
for
sun so
waist
night

16. Words like these are called HOMOPHONES
Can you think of any others?
How about……
there & their
hear & here
threw & through

17. Use the writing frame to help you.
Now it’s over to you!
Write the next verses of How the Bumble-Bee Got His Stripes with a partner.
You have approximately 20 minutes
Use the writing frame to help you.

18. Homophones are words with common pronunciation but different spelling
To finish our lesson …
Let’s share an example or two of our narrative poetry extensions.
And recap what the term homophone means
Homophones are words with common pronunciation but different spelling
In tomorrow’s Literacy lesson, we will read the real ending of the poem and focus more upon homophones, this time within sentences.
The whole poem can be found in The Works (page 60)

19. Well done everyone!