Year 4 English · Set 4 of 4

Literature

5 questions and tasks · VC2E4LE04. Take your time, then check your work below.

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Question 31poetic sound · core

Perform aloud for a teacher or adult, then discuss the effect.

Roof orchestra Tick, tick, tip: Rain tries the roof with a fingertip. Tap, tap, tum: Now every drain is a silver drum. Hush, hush, hum: The storm packs up; the stars will come.

Read the poem aloud twice: first with no variation, then with a changing beat and volume. Explain which version better supports the storm's journey and why.

What to aim for

Performs both versions.
Links voice changes to words in the poem.
Explains an effect on the listener.

Complete this task aloud with an adult or partner.

I completed the practical task. Response or adult observation notes

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Question 32responding to imagery · core

One glove On the fence, one small glove waves at everyone who passes. Yesterday it held a hand. Today it holds the shape of a hand, and a little rain. I turn it over so the thumb points home.

Choose an image that affects you. Explain your response using the words of that image rather than just saying the poem is nice or sad.

What to aim for

Selects a specific image.
Names a response or feeling.
Explains how the language creates it.

Response or adult observation notes

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Question 33creating a sound poem · core

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Write a six-line poem about a different changing sound, such as a train arriving or popcorn cooking. Use repetition and at least one sound word.

What to aim for

Writes six lines about an original sound sequence.
Uses purposeful repetition and at least one sound word.
Makes the sound change through the poem.

Response or adult observation notes

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Question 34creating imagery · core

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Write a short poem about a forgotten everyday object. Give the object one human action and end with a small act of care.

What to aim for

Uses a new object and setting.
Includes purposeful personification.
Ends with a relevant action or image.

Response or adult observation notes

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Question 35creating wordplay · extension

A tree's extra office could be called a branch. This joke uses two meanings of the same word.

Create a two- or three-sentence joke using two meanings of “trunk”, “bark” or “light”. Then explain both meanings.

What to aim for

Uses two real meanings of the chosen word.
Builds an understandable playful situation.
Explains both meanings accurately.

Response or adult observation notes

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Read the poem aloud twice: first with no variation, then with a changing beat and volume. Explain which version better supports the storm's journey and why.

Choose an image that affects you. Explain your response using the words of that image rather than just saying the poem is nice or sad.

Write a six-line poem about a different changing sound, such as a train arriving or popcorn cooking. Use repetition and at least one sound word.

Write a short poem about a forgotten everyday object. Give the object one human action and end with a small act of care.

Create a two- or three-sentence joke using two meanings of “trunk”, “bark” or “light”. Then explain both meanings.

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