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English lesson plan · 2nd grade (Year 3 in England) · 30 minutes

Poems: rhyme, rhythm and repeated lines

Reading Comprehension

CCSS RL.2.4England: Y2 Reading (poetry)England: KS1 SATs Reading

Objective and success criteria

Students will: Poems: rhyme, rhythm and repeated lines.

  • I can answer questions on today's skill on my own, without help.
  • I can explain each step and say why it works.
  • I can check my answer and spot a mistake.

Before and after

Needs first: Rhyming words

Leads to: Poem, play or prose? Spot the features

Materials: A short text or extract (one copy each), Highlighters, Question cards, Mini whiteboards, A short model text on the board, Printed student sheet (below).

Warm-up · 4 min

  • Quick retrieval from earlier learning (Rhyming words). Students answer on mini whiteboards.
  • Show answers together and note who needs support in the main task.
  1. Which word rhymes with "sip"? (jig / sit / dip / sad) → dipPrompt: Rhyming words sound the same at the end.
  2. Three of these words rhyme: had, fat, dad, sad. Which word does NOT rhyme? (had / fat / dad / sad) → fatPrompt: Say each word and listen to how it ends.
  3. Write a word that rhymes with "fin". Change only the first letter. → binPrompt: Keep the ending "-in".

Hook · 3 min

  • Read the first lines of a short text aloud and ask what students predict will happen and why.
  • Share the objective: Poems: rhyme, rhythm and repeated lines. Read the success criteria together.

I do: model it · 7 min

  • Work through the example out loud, saying why you do each step, not just what you do.
  • Example: Down in the garden, under a stone, Lives a little beetle all alone. He has no sister, he has no brother, Just a tiny shiny beetle mother. Which word rhymes with 'stone'?
  • Step 1: Poets use rhyme, rhythm and repeated words to make poems fun to read aloud.
  • Step 2: So the answer is: alone
  • Answer: alone
  • Pause after each step and ask a student to say what comes next.

We do: guided practice · 6 min

  • Do these together. Students try each step on whiteboards before you reveal it.
  • Use the hints as prompts rather than giving the answer.
  1. Down in the garden, under a stone, Lives a little beetle all alone. He has no sister, he has no brother, Just a tiny shiny beetle mother. Which word rhymes with 'stone'? (beetle / garden / little / alone) → alonePrompt: Rhyming words have the same sound at the end: cat, hat.
  2. Read the question. What do we call words that end with the same sound, like "bee" and "tree"? (describing words / opposites / rhyming words / question words) → rhyming wordsPrompt: Think about poems and songs you know.

You do: independent practice · 7 min

  • Students work on the student sheet. Circulate and check the first two answers of every student early.
  • Students who finish: write a question of their own for a partner, with the answer.

The 6 questions are on the student sheet below, with answers in the key.

Exit ticket · 3 min

  • Two questions on their own. Sort answers into got it / nearly / not yet to plan the next lesson.
  1. Read the question. Which pair of words rhymes? (moon, sun / night, light / night, day / sky, star) → night, lightPrompt: Think about poems and songs you know.
  2. My robot goes beep, My robot goes bop, My robot can dance And spin like a top. Which word rhymes with 'bop'? (beep / spin / dance / top) → topPrompt: Rhyming words have the same sound at the end: cat, hat.

Watch out for

  • Answering from memory or opinion instead of evidence in the text.
  • Copying a long quote without explaining what it shows.

Support and stretch

Support

  • Review first: Rhyming words.
  • Use concrete materials: a short text or extract (one copy each).
  • Give the first step of each question, or a partly worked example to finish.
  • Pair with a confident partner for the guided practice.

Stretch

  • Move on to: Poem, play or prose? Spot the features.
  • Explain a common mistake in writing and how to fix it.
  • Write a word problem that uses today's skill, then solve a partner's.

Homework and more practice

Free online practice with hints and printable worksheets for this skill: eurekami.com/english/grade-2.

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Poems: rhyme, rhythm and repeated lines

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  1. Question 1

    Read the question. What is a line of a poem called?

    • A. a chapter
    • B. a caption
    • C. a paragraph
    • D. a line or verse

  2. Question 2

    Five little frogs on a speckled log, One jumped in with a splash and a bog. Four little frogs on a speckled log, One jumped in and swam through the fog. Which line is repeated with only a small change?

    • A. a splash and a bog
    • B. swam through the fog
    • C. Five / Four little frogs on a speckled log
    • D. One jumped in with a splash

  3. Question 3

    Read the question. What is the beat you can clap along to in a poem?

    • A. full stop
    • B. title
    • C. rhythm
    • D. rhyme

  4. Question 4

    Read the question. Which pair of words rhymes?

    • A. night, day
    • B. moon, sun
    • C. night, light
    • D. sky, star

  5. Question 5

    The rain goes drip, The rain goes drop, It drums on the roof And it will not stop. Which word rhymes with 'drop'?

    • A. roof
    • B. stop
    • C. rain
    • D. drip

  6. Question 6

    Leaves are falling, red and brown, Twirling, swirling, floating down. I will catch one in my hand Before it lands upon the land. Which word rhymes with 'brown'?

    • A. leaves
    • B. red
    • C. down
    • D. falling

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Answer key: Poems: rhyme, rhythm and repeated lines

  1. 1. D. a line or verse

  2. 2. C. Five / Four little frogs on a speckled log

  3. 3. C. rhythm

  4. 4. C. night, light

  5. 5. B. stop

  6. 6. C. down

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