Writing

CURRICULUM FOCUS

We are learning to plan a ballad.

VOCABULARY

Poetic Devices: Poetic devices, also known as literary devices are tools used by poets and writers to elevate the meaning of a written piece of text.

Rhyme: words having or ending with an identical or corresponding sound to another.

Rhythm: the measured flow of words and phrases in verse or prose as determined by the relation of long and short or stressed and unstressed syllables.

ACTIVITIES YOU CAN DO AT HOME TO SUPPORT YOUR CHILD'S LEARNING

Ballads often have a set structure of four verses and sometimes a repeating chorus. They usually follow a rhyming pattern of either: ABAC or AABB or ACBC. Ballads will also include many language features. Read a poem of your choice, or the one below and ask your child to identify the rhyming pattern and any language features such as repetition, metaphors, personification and alliteration. Have them then write their own poem that includes some of the language features.