POEM

PowerPoint 11.1

A reporter

A dentist

A firefighter

A scientist

An airline pilot

A magician

A lawyer

When you grow up, what do you want to be?

mountains

An ocean

trees

If you want to be a tree, what kind of tree do you want to be?• How does a tree

look?• What will YOU do?

If you want to be a mountain, what kind of mountain do you want to

be?• How does a mountain

look?• What will YOU do?

We are going to read a poem. Do you know what a poem is?• Elements of poetry:

– imagery, – diction, – sound, – metaphor, – theme, – saying something new

Imagery:

• the idea that an image, presented on its own.

Diction: choice of words

• uses the least number of words to finish the task,

• each word is important and must be chosen as the exact word

Metaphor is a comparison between two things :• help us see something in a new or more

meaningful way • E.g.

The moon tonight is full and bright.

The stars are shining high.

A falling star flies before my eyes.

I make a wish as it goes by.

The darkness creeps

But it’s time to sleep.

I say “ Goodnight “ to the sky.

Theme:

• the purpose of the poem. • What the poet needed to say. • e.g.

Five little monkeys went to play.Out in the park one sunny day.When Uncle Baboon said, “ On your way!”All the little monkeys said, “ Can we stay?”So uncle baboon said, “ Oh, okay!I do like to see my monkeys play”

The End