Language Skills (Secondary)

Good morning everyone,

This week we are exploring poetry!

Today’s topic is food.

Activities to choose from:

• Read and or listen to some poems. https://childrens.poetryarchive.org/explore/?key=&type=&poet=&theme=127&form=&age=
• Read and or listen to some poems and think about what they mean. https://childrens.poetryarchive.org/explore/?key=&type=&poet=&theme=127&form=&age=
• Research acrostic poems and create your own about a particular food e.g. STRAWBERRIES. https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/z4mmn39/articles/ztdvw6f
• Research haiku poems and create your own about a particular food. https://www.youngwriters.co.uk/info/other/poetry-types/haiku-poem
• Create a poem about a particular food (it doesn’t have to rhyme).

Enjoy the following poems about food (they may also give you some ideas for your own poems):

The Pancake

 Mix a pancake,

Stir a pancake,

Pop it in the pan.

Fry the pancake,

Toss the pancake,

Catch it you can.

Christina Rossetti

 

Sounds Good!

 Sausage sizzles,

crispbreads crack;

hot dogs hiss

and flapjacks snap!

Bacon boils

and fritters fry;

apples squelch

in apple pie.

 

Baked beans bubble,

gravy grumbles;

popcorn pops,

and stomach rumbles …

 

I’m Hungry!

Judith Nicholls

 

Peas

 I eat my peas with honey,

I’ve done it all my life,

They do taste kind of funny,

But it keeps them on the knife.

 Anon

 

Good luck!

Laura Leathem (Language and Communication Teacher)