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Poetry Extension Activities
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Poetry Extension Activities
Read the rainforest poem, notice how its words create images and sounds, then try some poetry-making challenges. Poems can have more than one possible answer.
Read the poem
Rain threads the fern fronds A fantail flicks through silver mist Roots drink from the stream
1.In “Rain threads the fern fronds”, what does the word “threads” help you picture?
2.Which pair of words from the poem begins with the same sound?
- rain and roots
- fern and stream
- silver and drink
3.A traditional English-language haiku often uses a 5–7–5 syllable pattern. Count the syllables in the poem’s first line, “Rain threads the fern fronds”. Does it have five?
4.Finish the sentence with a comparison of your own: “The stream shines like .”
5.Use the rainforest scene to write one vivid phrase for something you might hear there. Try a sound word or alliteration.
6.Improve this line by replacing “moves” with a more precise verb: “The fantail moves through the mist.”
7.Write a three-line poem about the rainforest scene. Include one sound, one colour and one strong verb.
8.In your poem or the example poem, choose one word that helps a reader imagine the scene. Explain what it makes you picture.
9.Replace “Roots drink from the stream” with a new final line that gives the rainforest a feeling or mood.
10.Which helped you create the clearest picture in your mind: a sound word, a comparison, or a strong verb? Name one example and say why it worked.
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