B6 English Language · Term 1 Week 1: Poems

Lesson notes

Learning Objectives

Indicator: B6.1.3.1.1 - Relate the central messages of poems to personal experiences

By the end of the lesson, learners can:

Recite an eight-line poem with correct pronunciation, clapping or tapping its rhythm.
Identify the central message or main idea of a poem after reading or hearing it.
Relate the central message of a poem to at least one personal experience from their own lives.
Share their personal experiences connected to a poem with the class, speaking clearly and confidently.
Explain in their own words how a poem’s message connects to everyday life in their community.

This lesson opens the Poems sub-strand for the term. It focuses on understanding and connecting with poems. Learners will practise the skills they need for the next lesson, where they will discuss values in poems, and for Week 2, where they will compose their own eight-line poems. This lesson does not cover those later topics.

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Curriculum details

Strand: Oral Language (Strand 1)
Sub-strand: Poems (1.3)
Content standard: B6.1.3.1 - Appreciate poems and other pieces of literary materials
Indicator: B6.1.3.1.1 - Relate the central messages of poems to personal experiences
Suggested placement: Term 1, Week 1 (Week 1 of the year)
Our suggestion, laid out in curriculum order across three terms of twelve weeks. NaCCA does not fix the week, so follow your school's scheme of learning.
Curriculum reference: English Language Curriculum (Basic 4-6), 2019, p. 153
Transcribed from the official NaCCA publication. Check this page against the source.

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

- Engage learners in reciting some familiar poems.
- Introduce learners to an eight-line poem on the board.
- Read/recite the poem clapping/tapping its rhythm.
- Have learners read lines of the poem ensuring correct pronunciation of words.
- Let learners take turns to read in groups and individually.
- Have learners discuss the central message and relate it to their personal experiences.