Starter quiz
- Most nursery rhymes...
- have repeated words. ✓
- have many pages.
- have rhyming words. ✓
- are sung to a tune like a song. ✓
- are difficult to remember.
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- Match these rhyming words.
- day⇔away ✓
- quack⇔back ✓
- rhyme⇔time ✓
- peep⇔sheep ✓
- Tick the words that rhyme with each other.
- clock ✓
- cloak
- dock ✓
- dog
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- Which of these is a nursery rhyme?
- Five Little Ducks Went Swimming One Day ✓
- Snow White
- The Three Billy Goats Gruff
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- What is the correct definition of 'fiction'?
- writing about real events and real people
- made up stories ✓
- the name of a book or poem
- the person who writes the book
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- Match these important elements of a performance.
- loud, clear⇔voices ✓
- actions and⇔movement ✓
- facial⇔expressions ✓
Exit quiz
- Tick the words from ‘The Magic Porridge Pot’ that rhyme with each other.
- pot ✓
- porridge
- stir
- hot ✓
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- 'The Magic Porridge Pot' is ...
- non-fiction
- a map
- fiction ✓
- a restaurant
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- What does the magical pot cook?
- soup
- curry
- porridge ✓
- rice
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- What is onomatopoeia?
- when words sound the same at the end
- when words sound like what they are describing ✓
- when words have the same first letter
- words that describe something
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- Identify the words that are onomatopoeia.
- Magic
- stop
- splat ✓
- plip ✓
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- 'The Magic Porridge Pot' and 'Five Little Ducks' are the same because...
- they both contain onomatopoeia. ✓
- both the events take place outside.
- they both contain repeated words. ✓
- they are both about animals.
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Key learning points
- 'The Magic Porridge Pot' has some words in that sound like what it is describing, such as 'split, splat, splot'.
- This is called onomatopoeia.
- These words can be spoken and sung with expression and intonation.
- Personal responses are a way of sharing your own thoughts, feelings, and opinions about a poem.
Common misconception
Pupils may confuse the fairy tale and the nursery rhyme which both have the same name.
Use this as an opportunity to discuss the differences between fairy tales and nursery rhymes. Emphasise that most nursery rhymes include rhyme and repetition and this makes it different to the fairy tale.
Keywords
Fiction - when authors create made up stories with characters, places and adventures which did not happen in real life
Onomatopoeia - a poetic device that uses words that imitate or suggest the sound they describe, adding sensory appeal and creating auditory imagery
Descriptive - using language to create a clear picture for the reader by providing vivid imagery of people, places and experiences
Fairy tale - a children's story about magical elements
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