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1 78 Listen and read. Which poem talks about food?
Grange School News
Poetry competition
Thank you to everyone who sent us their poems for the school poetry
competition. We asked you to write a rhyming poem or an acrostic poem about
celebrations. Here are this year’s competition winners!

a Street party b CAKE
Congratulations for today!
Watch the people as they sing,
And dance under the dragon’s wing. Are you feeling happy?
A street party to mark the day, Kind words and hugs from all your friends.
A brand new year the Chinese way. Eat some cake and celebrate!

2 Read and match the poems with their descriptions.

1 2

An acrostic is a poem where the first A rhyming poem uses words with the same
letter of each line spells a word. It’s sound – like ‘fun’ and ‘sun’, or ‘bread’ and ‘red’
called a ‘topic word’ because the topic – at the end of each line. Sometimes the first
of the poem is always connected to two lines rhyme, and then the next two lines
the word. Acrostic poems don’t need rhyme with a different sound. Sometimes the
to rhyme. first and third lines, or the second and fourth
lines rhyme.

3 Which is your favourite DIDYOUKNOW…?
DIDYOUKNOW…?
DIDYOUKNOW…?
poem? Why? Poems can be long or short.
The Scottish poet George MacDonald
wrote a poem with only two words:
‘Come home’.
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