Rest your mind in poems… Vicky from WZMS

Different Kinds of Poems we learnt: nursery rhymes list Poems cinquain Haiku Tang Poems

Appreciate it: I’ve Saved The Summer

Feel it : What do you think of the poem? warm and soft moving gentle but full of passion …

Follow the tape and find: Read it : Follow the tape and find: Does it have rhyming words ? If yes, circle them. Does it have rhythmic pattern ? If yes, tap your desk to the strong beats.

rhyming words I have saved the summer And I give it all to you To hold on winter mornings When the snow is new

rhythmic pattern Tap your desk if you hear any strong beat. I have saved the summer And I give it all to you To hold on winter mornings When the snow is new saved sum give you hold morn When new

Understand it: 1. Whom I ‘ve saved the summer for ? 2. What else have I saved? 3. What have I kept for myself? For you. Some sunlight. Your smile

Read between the lines (1) Who is more likely to be the speaker in the poem, a lover or a parent? Give your reasons. I ‘ve saved the summer I’ve saved some sunlight Till you’re older you’ll not know Till you’ve found your own older and more experienced

Read between the lines(2) But if you’ve a need for love I’ll give you all I own It might help you down the road Till you’ve found your own. What does ”your own” refer to?

To my mother: If it _______________(not bring) me up, I would have ________. If you _____________(not teach) me everything, I would have ________. had not brought had not taught Subjunctive Mood

Teasing, shouting, laughing Choose either of the following forms and write a poem to someone you love. Our first football match We would have won…. If Jack had scored that goal, If we’d had just a few more minutes, If we had trained harder, It Ben had passed the ball to Joe, If we’d thousands of fans screaming, If I hadn’t taken my eye off the ball, … Brother Beautiful , athletic Teasing, shouting, laughing Friend and enemy too Mine