Swift Class Perform Poetry
To round off our Talk 4 Writing this term, we have started a mini poetry unit based on the images below.
To start the unit, we shared a poem by Pie Corbett called The Dragon:
The Dragon
The dragon pauses
still as granite.
Its empty eyes stare,
dark as space diamonds.
A tense tail curls
round glittering gems.
Its rusted scales scrape together
as it slithers towards you.
It opens stale jaws
and a row of jagged teeth
clack and click.
The dragon’s claws dig
into plates of gold
and rustle silver coins.
Leathery wings stretch,
catching the wind’s uplift,
swirling into the sky.
Leaving behind,
a glimmer of fiery breath,
a shimmer of fear.
Today the children practised reading the poem and then performed it as a class.
Click on the QR code to hear their performance!
Melanie Harris