Dictionary starter

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Dictionary starter

• Find the meanings to these words
• gleam
• bough
• forlorn
• sill
• stoop
• shrill

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• Read the poem on the next slide
• Can you find any poetic techniques in the poem?
• Use the grid (Word document) to help

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SnowNo breath of wind, No gleam of sun Still
the white snowWhirls softly downTwig and
boughAnd blade and thornAll in an icyQuiet,
forlorn.Whispering, rustling,Through the airOn
sill and stone,Roof, - everywhere,It heaps its
powdery crystal flakesOf every tree a mountain
makesTil pale and faintAt shut of dayStoops
from the WestOne Wintry ray,And, feathered in
fireWhere ghosts the moon, A robin shrills His
lonely tune.
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• Now try to compose a poem of your own, about an
  extreme weather condition
• Use the ideas grid on the next slide to help

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The Storm complete the grid with words to use
in a poem about a storm