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Rhyme and Rhythm
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Rhyme and Rhythm
Read each question carefully. For the poetry activities, read the lines aloud to hear their sounds and beat.
Poetry Sounds and Patterns
1.What do rhyming words usually have in common?
- They have the same ending sound.
- They have the same meaning.
- They begin with the same letter.
2.Read the lines. Which pair of words rhymes?
A green frog leapt beside the stream.
It vanished like a leafy dream.
- green / leapt
- stream / dream
- beside / leafy
3.Which line uses alliteration by repeating the same starting sound?
- Seven silver shells shone.
- A little boat crossed the bay.
- The moon came out at night.
4.Select all the features that can help make a poem sound rhythmic.
- Repeating a phrase
- A regular pattern of strong and soft beats
- Using words that all have the same number of letters
- Rhyming at the ends of lines
Read, Listen and Create
5.Read the poem. Write the pair of rhyming words from lines 1 and 2, then the pair from lines 3 and 4.
A tūī swooped above the bay,
Then shook its feathers in the spray.
A small crab scuttled past the sand,
And tucked itself beneath a strand.
6.Say this line aloud and tap its beat: “The little boat went bobbing by.” Mark the words you would stress to bring out a steady beat.
7.Write two words that rhyme and use them to make two lines about an animal. The second line should rhyme with the first.
8.Read a partner’s two lines. Write one specific thing you liked and one kind suggestion that could strengthen the rhyme or rhythm.
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