Narrative Poems

This week we will be learning about narrative poems.

Watch: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/z4mmn39/articles/z3btrwx

The Walrus and the Carpenter: Video from Alice in Wonderland:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00WCEbKM_SE

Some activities you could try:

- Read the poem and watch the video. Are there any words you do not understand? Use our reading strategies to help you and/or look in a dictionary. If you do not have a dictionary at home, you can use: https://kids.wordsmyth.net/we/?ent=brine

- Read the poem several times, can you use expression when reading aloud?- Create a wanted poster for the Walrus and the Carpenter. Remember to include

what they have done. - Rewrite the narrative (story) of the Walrus and the Carpenter from the eldest

oyster’s point of view. Try to include punctuation, paragraphs, fronted adverbials and speech.

- Here’s a recap for using inverted commas for speech https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zvwwxnb/articles/ztcp97h

- Underline all the rhyming words in the poem. Can you spot a pattern? Choose some of rhyming words from the poem and see how many rhyming words you can come up with. You can write these down on our planning page. This website can help you if you are stuck: https://www.poetry4kids.com/rhymes/

- Have a go at writing your own narrative poem using our planning page. We’d love to hear some of your poems.

- Memory challenge: How many stanzas (paragraphs) can you learn off by heart?- Find some other poems that you can practise reading aloud.

The Walrus and the Carpenter

The sun was shining on the sea,

Shining with all his might:

He did his very best to make

The billows smooth and bright—

And this was odd, because it was

The middle of the night.

The sea was wet as wet could be,

The sands were dry as dry.

You could not see a cloud, because

No cloud was in the sky:

No birds were flying overhead—

There were no birds to fly.

The Walrus and the Carpenter

Were walking close at hand;

They wept like anything to see

Such quantities of sand:

‘If this were only cleared away,’

They said, ‘it would be grand!’

‘O Oysters, come and walk with us!’

The Walrus did beseech.

‘A pleasant walk, a pleasant talk,

Along the briny beach:

We cannot do with more than four,

To give a hand to each.’

The Walrus and the Carpenter

Walked on a mile or so,

And then they rested on a rock

Conveniently low:

And all the little Oysters stood

And waited in a row.

‘The time has come,’ the Walrus said,

‘To talk of many things:

Of shoes—and ships—and sealing-wax—

Of cabbages—and kings—

And why the sea is boiling hot—

And whether pigs have wings.’

‘A loaf of bread,’ the Walrus said,

‘Is what we chiefly need:

Pepper and vinegar besides

Are very good indeed—

Now if you’re ready, Oysters dear,

We can begin to feed.’

‘It seems a shame,’ the Walrus said,

‘To play them such a trick,

After we’ve brought them out so far,

And made them trot so quick!’

The Carpenter said nothing but,

‘The butter’s spread too thick!’

‘O Oysters,’ said the Carpenter,

‘You’ve had a pleasant run!

Shall we be trotting home again?’

But answer came there none—

And this was scarcely odd, because

They’d eaten every one.

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Some example narrative poems:

Skippy the Naughty Kangaroo

Skippy, Skippy, such a naughty kangaroo,He’s uncatchable, untouchable, and uncontainable too.Teachers quiver in fear,While children chant and cheer,For Skippy’s come to play his tricks,And will soon have disappeared.

Bouncing, boinging, leaping and jumping,With arms like a boxer, he’ll give a good thumping.Springy and sprongy, he’ll leap fifty feet high,Or kick your head-teacher right up to the sky.He’s cheekily sneaky, and will often remind you,How swiftly and silently, he can sneak up behind you.