In English our focus over the last week has been poetry.
First we read ‘At the Zoo’ by William Makepeace Thackery (1811-1863). We recited this together with our teachers and noticed how at the end of each line was a comma.
First I saw the white bear, then I saw the black,
Then I saw the camel with a hump upon his back,
Then I saw the grey wolf, with mutton in his maw,
Then I saw the wombat waddle in the straw,
Then I saw the elephant a-waving of his trunk,
Then I saw the monkeys—mercy, how unpleasantly they smelt!
We thought about the animals we might see at a zoo and made a class list poem, using commas. We then had a go at writing our own:
How you can help at home:
- Encourage your child to recite some of our class poems to you and refine their performance
- Visit the library, look online and read a variety of poems. Discuss the language used and how the poem makes you feel.