It is hoped that their responses will act as a model to show pupils how they can focus on words and their connotations to respond to a poem. Pupils watch the first segment of the programme. As a class, pupils discuss what makes a poem a poem. In pairs, pupils look at Poetry Handout 1 and discuss which extract is a poem and which is not. As a class, the pairs share their findings.
Pupils watch segment two of the programme.
Pupils are given the worksheet in Poetry Handout 2 . They match the picture to the appropriate line in the poem. Pupils continue watching segment 2. As a class, pupils discuss the appropriateness of the imagery in the poem and the choice of pictures. Pupils read the poem in Poetry Handout 3 .