The Witches Spell

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Task We will be writing our own Spell Poems

today. Use the Witches poem that we looked at

earlier this week. Think about all of the elements of a poem

to help.

Success Criteria Use all of the Success Criteria. Look at the points as you work! Think: How can I add this into my work? Check it though afterwards. If there is something missing - Add it in!

Layout and Structure Start each idea on a new line. Write in verses Give your poem a rhythm.

Language Use rhyming words. Use repetition. Use magical and mystical vocabulary Think about word order. Choose words and sentences that fit the

rhythm.

Punctuation and Spelling Each line starts with a capital letter. Each line ends with a piece of punctuation. Use comparatives: er and est.

"First Witch Thrice the brinded cat hath mew'd.

Second Witch Thrice and once the hedge-pig whined.

Third WitchHarpier cries "'Tis time, 'tis time." First Witch Round about the cauldron go;In the poison'd entrails throw.Toad, that under cold stoneDays and nights has thirty-oneSwelter'd venom sleeping got,Boil thou first i' the charmed pot.

Then in unison the witches chanted into the cauldron: "Double, double, toil and trouble,Fire burn and cauldron bubble."

After thirty-one days of sweating poison under the cold stone, the toad is ready to be put into

the pot.

striped

hedgehog

Second Witch

Fillet of a fenny snake,In the cauldron boil and bake;Eye of newt and toe of frog,Wool of bat and tongue of dog,Adder's fork and blind-worm's sting,Lizard's leg and howlet's wing,For a charm of powerful trouble,Like a hell-broth boil and bubble.

The witches then chanted together. "Double, double, toil and trouble,fire burn and cauldron bubble!"

a snake that lives in the fens (a swampy district of

eastern England).

a small lizard

owlet (a baby owl).

Third Witch

Scale of dragon, tooth of wolf,Witches' mummy, maw and gulfOf the ravin'd salt-sea shark,Root of hemlock digg'd i' the dark,Liver of blaspheming Jew,Gall of goat, and slips of yewSilver'd in the moon's eclipse,Nose of Turk and Tartar's lips,Finger of birth-strangled babeDitch-deliver'd by a drab,Make the gruel thick and slab:Add thereto a tiger's chaudron,For the ingredients of our cauldron.

"Double, double, toil and trouble,fire burn and cauldron bubble!"

mummified flesh, stomach and throat (of the shark).

ravenous.

Wicked woman

insides.

Second Witch Cool it with a baboon's blood,Then the charm is firm and good.

When 2 lines rhyme it is called a couplet. This spell is made up of a number of couplets.  Try writing your

own spell with rhyming couplets.

First brainstorm pairs of rhyming words - for example:    pot, hot     shark, spark    baboon, balloon     sneeze, fleas.  Be creative. Choose interesting ingredients for your spell.

Our own Rhyming words

Sneeze TeaseFlies and criesKeys pleasePen henGlue blueWax axeToad roadStew gooGlaze blazeHat batSpike bike

First you'll need an old black pot Boil the water until it's hot

Add a germy witches sneeze Sprinkle in 14 black fleas

Have fun!

SPELL-WITCH                                    (singing)                        Fillet of a fenny snake                        In the cauldron boil and bake;                        Eye of newt and toe of frog,                        Wool of bat and tongue of dog,                        Adder's fork and blind-worm's sting,                        Lizard's leg and owlet's wing,                        For a charm of powerful trouble,                        Like a hell-broth, boil and bubble!                                                THREE WITCHES                                    (singing)                        Double, double, toil and trouble;                        Fire burn and cauldron bubble.                                               .                                                SPELL-WITCH                        By the pricking of my thumbs, something wicked                         this way comes!

Parody

WEIRD WITCH                                    (singing)                        Add a splash of herbal tea,                        Dandruff from a chimpanzee,                        Next mix in some rancid fat,                        Furball from my kitty cat!                        Nostrils of an aged bear,                        King Lear's dirty underwear!                        Whatever this is, I forgot!                        Throw it all inside the pot!                                                THREE WITCHES                                    (singing)                        Double, double, toil and trouble;                        Fire burn and cauldron bubble!

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Lines and Stanzas Most poems are

written in lines. A group of lines in

a poem is called a stanza.

Stanzas separate ideas in a poem. They act like paragraphs.

This poem has two stanzas.

March

A blue day

A blue jay

And a good beginning.

One crow,

Melting snow –

Spring’s winning!

By Eleanor Farjeon

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Couplet A couplet is a poem,

or stanza in a poem, written in two lines.

Usually rhymes.

The Jellyfish

Who wants my jellyfish?

I’m not sellyfish!

By Ogden Nash

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Simile A simile compares two

things using the words “like” or “as.”

Comparing one thing to another creates a vivid image.

(See next slide for example.) The runner streaked like a cheetah.

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Simile Example

An emerald is as green as grass,

A ruby red as blood;

A sapphire shines as blue as heaven;

A flint lies in the mud.

A diamond is a brilliant stone,

To catch the world’s desire;

An opal holds a fiery spark;

But a flint holds fire.

By Christina Rosetti

Flint

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Repetition Repetition occurs when

poets repeat words, phrases, or lines in a poem.

Creates a pattern. Increases rhythm. Strengthens feelings, ideas

and mood in a poem. (See next slide for example.)

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Repetition Example

Some one tossed a pancake,A buttery, buttery, pancake.Someone tossed a pancakeAnd flipped it up so high,That now I see the pancake,The buttery, buttery pancake,Now I see that pancakeStuck against the sky.

by Sandra Liatsos

The Sun

Using what we have learnt fill in this template and create your own spell poem!

Add a sprinkle of teacher’s hair;And a handful of children’s scare.Chuck in the leg of cheetah;Mixed with the wires of heater.Stir the potion so it’s as red as a ruby;Ready for all the gooey smoothies! Double, double toil and trouble;Fire burn and cauldron bubble.

Now it’s your turn!

Task We will be writing our own Spell Poems

today. Use the Witches poem that we looked at

earlier this week. Think about all of the elements of a poem

to help.

Layout and Structure Start each idea on a new line. Write in verses Give your poem a rhythm.

Language Use rhyming words. Use repetition. Use magical and mystical vocabulary Think about word order. Choose words and sentences that fit the

rhythm.

Punctuation and Spelling Each line starts with a capital letter. Each line ends with a piece of punctuation. Use comparatives: er and est.