Monday 23 rd March Literacy- Free Verse Poetry Over the next two weeks we will be looking at ‘free verse’ poetry and having a go at writing our own free verse poems. We will primarily be using the poems by Michael Rosen and Roger McGough. We have looked at one of Michael Rosen’s poems in the past – remember the one about chocolate cake? To jog your memory, here’s a link to the video on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7BxQLITdOOc Please read For Naomi and then answer these questions: 1. What does it tell the reader about Rosen as a man, as a poet, as a dad? 2. Why did he put ‘writes poems’ last? 3. How do you think Naomi might view her dad? 4. What other embarrassing things do parents do? 5. How does the form of this poem differ from traditional ones? This poem is an example of a genre of poetry called ‘free verse’. Discuss with a parent/sibling what is meant by the term free verse. Can you come up with your own definition? Read a selection of Rosen’s poetry: I Know Someone Who Can, Talking-tubes, Mr Baggs, Great Day, The Deal, The Shop Downstairs, Sweetshop. They discuss their favourite poems with a parent/sibling explaining why they like that poem, referring to the vocabulary used as well as the subject matter, the layout, the structure, etc. Maths – Using Fractions as Operators For today’s maths, you will be putting all the knowledge that you’ve learnt about fractions over the last few weeks into use. I have put the answers at the end of the PDF document because a few parents have asked for them. Children – you need to be honest and not look at the answers until you have finished working.