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Rhyme and Rhythm

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Rhyme and Rhythm

Read each question carefully. For the rhythm activity, say each line aloud and clap once for every syllable.

Rhyme patterns

1.Which word rhymes with “stage”?
  • stick
  • cage
  • stone
  • shell
2.Choose every word that rhymes with “play”.
  • away
  • plan
  • grey
  • plenty
3.Complete each sentence below with a word that rhymes with the word in brackets. The word must make sense in the sentence.

For the play, Hemi chose a funny ______ (cat).

Oliver called, “The audience can ______!” (hear)

4.Match each word to a word that rhymes with it.
  • glow
  • feet
  • night
  • song
  • bright
  • show
  • along
  • sweet

Beat and rhythm

5.Say each line aloud and clap once for every syllable. How many claps are there in each line?

The curtain lifts and lights shine bright.

The cast steps out to greet the crowd.

6.Which line has a steadier rhythm when you read it aloud?
  • The actors march across the stage.
  • The actors are walking across the stage now.
7.Write a new line to follow this one. Make your line rhyme with “night”: “The stage glows softly in the night.”

Make and notice poems

8.Write three different words that rhyme with “bell”.
9.Complete both lines with words that rhyme and make sense: “The kererū flies over the bay; / It circles back before the .”
10.In your own words, explain one way rhyme or rhythm can make a poem enjoyable to hear.

2 printable pages

  • Rhyme matching and syllable-clapping activities with a school-play poetry theme.

    Page 1

  • Create rhyming lines, find rhymes for bell, and complete a poem about a kererū.

    Page 2

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