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Basic 2 · Ghanaian Language · Phonics: Letter and Sound Knowledge

Reading Simple Poems

In this topic you will read simple poems and find rhyming words in them.

By the end of these notes you should be able to:

  • Read a short poem aloud
  • Find the rhyming words in a poem
  • Say what the poem is about

What you already know

  • Rhymes with correct rhythm

Copy everything that has a blue line on its left into your notebook. The other parts are for reading.

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B2.2.4.2.1 – Read simple poems and recognise rhyming words

Introduction

A poem is like a song without music. Many poems have lines that end with rhyming words.

1. A Short Poem

"My Hen" (English example)

I have a hen,

She lives in a pen,

She lays an egg,

Then stands on one leg.

2. Finding Rhymes

Rhyming words in the poem
Line endRhymes with
henpen
eggleg
A hen standing on one leg beside an egg in a pen
Figure 1: My Hen Copy the poem and draw the hen.Illustration: Sirbus

Tip: Read poems in your Ghanaian language and find their rhyming endings.

New words

poem
Words written in lines, often with rhyme and rhythm.
line
One row of a poem.
rhyme
Words with the same ending sound.
verse
A group of lines in a poem.

Summary

  • A poem is written in lines.
  • Many poems have rhyming words at the end of lines.
  • We read poems aloud with rhythm.

Class activity: Poem Readers

  1. Read the poem card together.
  2. Circle the rhyming words.
  3. Make a new line that rhymes with "hen".

You need: Locally made digraph, Rhyming-word cards, Printed poem card, Bottle tops marked with letters

Exercises

Answer in your exercise book first, then check your answers.

  1. 1. Which word rhymes with "hen"?

    • A. Pen
    • B. Egg
    • C. Leg
    • D. Hat
    Show answer
    Answer: PenHen and pen rhyme.

  2. 2. Words written in lines with rhythm are a…

    • A. Poem
    • B. Map
    • C. List
    • D. Sum
    Show answer
    Answer: PoemThat is a poem.

  3. 3. "Egg" and "leg" rhyme.

    • A. True
    • B. False
    Show answer
    Answer: TrueBoth end in -eg.

  4. 4. Poems never have lines.

    • A. True
    • B. False
    Show answer
    Answer: FalsePoems are written in lines.

  5. 5. One row of a poem is a ______.

    Show answer
    Answer: linePoems have lines.

  6. 6. Write a word that rhymes with "cat".

    Show answer
    Answer: E.g. hat, mat, rat.It ends in -at.

Homework

  1. Read a short poem to your family and point to the rhyming words.