English // Speaking & Listening
Reciting Poetry
Learn poems by heart and recite with appropriate intonation, adding visual displays to descriptions when appropriate, and producing complete sentences in spoken presentations
Quick check
Can the learner memorise a short poem and recite it with expression — changing their voice to match the mood of the words?
Ask this to see whether the topic is secure.
Topic // Mastery
What mastery looks like
- Recite a poem from memory with expression and clear enunciation
- Add a drawing or visual display to support an oral description or presentation
- Present information to the class using complete sentences and audible voice
Topic // Map
Where this fits
- RequiredMust come first
- HelpfulHelps, but not essential
Before this
2 topics- Describing AloudRequired
Speaking & Listening // Ages 4 to 8
Reciting/presenting builds on Y1 oral description/expression
Speaking & Listening // Ages 4 to 6
Articulating opinions supports presentation skills
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Reciting Poetry
Ages 6 to 10 // Method
Leads to
4 topics- Writing PoetryHelpful
Writing Composition // Ages 6 to 7
Reciting poems supports writing poetry — understanding performance element
Speaking & Listening // Ages 7 to 8
Reciting/presenting skills support engaging an audience
- Reporting & RecountingHelpful
Speaking & Listening // Ages 8 to 11
Oral reporting connects to recitation and spoken presentation skills
- Multimedia PresentationsHelpful
Speaking & Listening // Ages 10 to 11
Multimedia presentations builds on visual displays
Topic // Standards
Curriculum standards
- Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts & Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects
- SL.1.4SL.1.5SL.1.6SL.2.5SL.2.6SL.3.5SL.3.6SL.4.5
- The national curriculum in England: Key stages 1 and 2 framework document
- Eng.SL.10Eng.SL.9Eng/KS1/Y2/C/1h
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