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There Came a Wave

Thursday 28th January 2021

1. Discuss the purpose of the poem.

2. Look at language used to achieve the purpose.

3. Show our understanding of the language and purpose by answering questions. 

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Which V

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Woah! Lots of VIPERS!

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Vocabulary

Understanding what words mean - the

ability to use synonyms and

antonyms

Vocabular

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Vocabulary pre­teach

razing

plates

ashore

 completely destroy (verb)

tectonic plates (noun)

on the shore or towards the shore (preposition)  

Tsunami a long, high sea wave caused by an earthquake or other disturbance (noun)

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plates

razing

ashore

Can you match the vocabulary to the definition?

 completely destroy (verb)

tectonic plates (noun)

on the shore or towards the shore (preposition)  

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plates

razing

ashore

Can you match the vocabulary to the definition?

 completely destroy (verb)

tectonic plates (noun)

on the shore or towards the shore (preposition)  

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Read around the new word

Can the word be replaced and still make sense?

What is the root word?

Have a look at the prefixes/suffixes ­ do they give you more information?

Is it a verb, noun or adjective?

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THERE CAME A WAVE

There came a wave like a great hand,Grabbing everything on the land,Its fingers of foam, circling round,Uprooting trees, razing homes to the ground,It aimed its fist at everything in sight,Nothing could survive this dreadful might,People ran in and out in time with the tide,Nowhere to go and nowhere to hide,The hand was born in the belly of the ocean,Fed by plates creating the potion,It grew in fury, it grew in power,The anger to be unleashed within the hour,No one knew what was on the way,People were working, children at play,A shriek of surprise as somebody sawA huge wall of white horses galloping ashore,The beasts dissolved under the heat,Sweeping hundreds of thousands off their feet,There was crashing and crunching and tearing apart,Seeping its way into everyone‛s heart,Lives were lost, bodies found,Brutally killed by a hungry hound,When the punch came with the force of an army,The few that survived understood the meaning of ‘Tsunami‛

Read and pick out any words you do not understand!

Today we are reading 'There Came a Wave'

What do you notice about this poem?Think about:

What do the verses look like?

What does each line begin with?

What do you notice about the end of each line?

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THERE CAME A WAVE

There came a wave like a great hand,Grabbing everything on the land,Its fingers of foam, circling round,Uprooting trees, razing homes to the ground,It aimed its fist at everything in sight,Nothing could survive this dreadful might,People ran in and out in time with the tide,Nowhere to go and nowhere to hide,The hand was born in the belly of the ocean,Fed by plates creating the potion,It grew in fury, it grew in power,The anger to be unleashed within the hour,No one knew what was on the way,People were working, children at play,A shriek of surprise as somebody sawA huge wall of white horses galloping ashore,The beasts dissolved under the heat,Sweeping hundreds of thousands off their feet,There was crashing and crunching and tearing apart,Seeping its way into everyone‛s heart,Lives were lost, bodies found,Brutally killed by a hungry hound,When the punch came with the force of an army,The few that survived understood the meaning of ‘Tsunami‛

Read and pick out any words you do not understand!

Today we are reading 'There Came a Wave'

What do you notice about this poem?Think about:

What do the verses look like?

What does each line begin with?

What do you notice about the end of each line?One big verse!

A capital letter

A comma

AA BB

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The purpose of poetry:

Poems can help you say, help you show how you're feeling, but they can also introduce you to feelings, 

ways of being in the world, people, very much unlike you, maybe even people from long, long ago. 

Poetry is so important because it helps us

understand and appreciate the world around us.

Poetry is an art form. It allows people to express their deepest (and often darkest) emotions in a way in

which others can find beauty in.

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THERE CAME A WAVE

There came a wave like a great hand,Grabbing everything on the land,Its fingers of foam, circling round,Uprooting trees, razing homes to the ground,It aimed its fist at everything in sight,Nothing could survive this dreadful might,People ran in and out in time with the tide,Nowhere to go and nowhere to hide,The hand was born in the belly of the ocean,Fed by plates creating the potion,It grew in fury, it grew in power,The anger to be unleashed within the hour,No one knew what was on the way,People were working, children at play,A shriek of surprise as somebody sawA huge wall of white horses galloping ashore,The beasts dissolved under the heat,Sweeping hundreds of thousands off their feet,There was crashing and crunching and tearing apart,Seeping its way into everyone‛s heart,Lives were lost, bodies found,Brutally killed by a hungry hound,When the punch came with the force of an army,The few that survived understood the meaning of ‘Tsunami‛

Today we are reading 'There Came a Wave'

How does the author want us to feel about a Tsunami?

Write three words!

Fear

Panic

Worry

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THERE CAME A WAVE

There came a wave like a great hand,Grabbing everything on the land,Its fingers of foam, circling round,Uprooting trees, razing homes to the ground,It aimed its fist at everything in sight,Nothing could survive this dreadful might,People ran in and out in time with the tide,Nowhere to go and nowhere to hide,The hand was born in the belly of the ocean,Fed by plates creating the potion,It grew in fury, it grew in power,The anger to be unleashed within the hour,No one knew what was on the way,People were working, children at play,A shriek of surprise as somebody sawA huge wall of white horses galloping ashore,The beasts dissolved under the heat,Sweeping hundreds of thousands off their feet,There was crashing and crunching and tearing apart,Seeping its way into everyone‛s heart,Lives were lost, bodies found,Brutally killed by a hungry hound,When the punch came with the force of an army,The few that survived understood the meaning of ‘Tsunami‛

Today we are reading 'There Came a Wave'

How does the author show emotion through language choices?

MSP

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Reminder of what we know...

What is a metaphor?

A metaphor is when two things are compared to one another without using the words 'like' and 'as'. They suggest two things are the same.

Can you find an example in the text?

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THERE CAME A WAVE

There came a wave like a great hand,Grabbing everything on the land,Its fingers of foam, circling round,Uprooting trees, razing homes to the ground,It aimed its fist at everything in sight,Nothing could survive this dreadful might,People ran in and out in time with the tide,Nowhere to go and nowhere to hide,The hand was born in the belly of the ocean,Fed by plates creating the potion,It grew in fury, it grew in power,The anger to be unleashed within the hour,No one knew what was on the way,People were working, children at play,A shriek of surprise as somebody sawA huge wall of white horses galloping ashore,The beasts dissolved under the heat,Sweeping hundreds of thousands off their feet,There was crashing and crunching and tearing apart,Seeping its way into everyone‛s heart,Lives were lost, bodies found,Brutally killed by a hungry hound,When the punch came with the force of an army,The few that survived understood the meaning of ‘Tsunami‛

Today we are reading 'There Came a Wave'

How does the author show emotion through language choices?

MSP

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THERE CAME A WAVE

There came a wave like a great hand,Grabbing everything on the land,Its fingers of foam, circling round,Uprooting trees, razing homes to the ground,It aimed its fist at everything in sight,Nothing could survive this dreadful might,People ran in and out in time with the tide,Nowhere to go and nowhere to hide,The hand was born in the belly of the ocean,Fed by plates creating the potion,It grew in fury, it grew in power,The anger to be unleashed within the hour,No one knew what was on the way,People were working, children at play,A shriek of surprise as somebody sawA huge wall of white horses galloping ashore,The beasts dissolved under the heat,Sweeping hundreds of thousands off their feet,There was crashing and crunching and tearing apart,Seeping its way into everyone‛s heart,Lives were lost, bodies found,Brutally killed by a hungry hound,When the punch came with the force of an army,The few that survived understood the meaning of ‘Tsunami‛

Today we are reading 'There Came a Wave'

How does the author show emotion through language choices?

MSP

Sense of a powerful force, human like, creating fear ­ what is it?

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THERE CAME A WAVE

There came a wave like a great hand,Grabbing everything on the land,Its fingers of foam, circling round,Uprooting trees, razing homes to the ground,It aimed its fist at everything in sight,Nothing could survive this dreadful might,People ran in and out in time with the tide,Nowhere to go and nowhere to hide,The hand was born in the belly of the ocean,Fed by plates creating the potion,It grew in fury, it grew in power,The anger to be unleashed within the hour,No one knew what was on the way,People were working, children at play,A shriek of surprise as somebody sawA huge wall of white horses galloping ashore,The beasts dissolved under the heat,Sweeping hundreds of thousands off their feet,There was crashing and crunching and tearing apart,Seeping its way into everyone‛s heart,Lives were lost, bodies found,Brutally killed by a hungry hound,When the punch came with the force of an army,The few that survived understood the meaning of ‘Tsunami‛

Today we are reading 'There Came a Wave'

How does the author show emotion through language choices?

MSP

Sense of a powerful force, human like, creating fear ­ what is it?

Violent, strong, no hope of survival

Creating panic and fear

Makes it sound like this fearsome force is growing quickly. 

Impending doom ­ it will attack soon

Unexpected, people were living their normal lives. Shriek = shock/

horrorHorses = imagery 

stampeding wave coming towards the people. 

Dissolving creates an image of the crest of the wave hitting the shore and 

suddenly dispersing

Everyone is affected by the horror. Shows the loss as a result of the disaster and the impact on the people 

who had survivedWhy has this word been mentioned only at the very 

end?

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Vocabulary pre­teach

uprootingrazing

dissolved

plates

ashore

unleashed

pulling out of the ground ( verb)

 completely destroy (verb)

tectonic plates (noun)

on the shore or towards the shore (preposition)  

to break down and become part of water (past tense verb)

cause a strong or violent force to be released (past tense verb)

seepingbrutally

Tsunami

a liquid flowing slowly or leaking (verb)

in a savagely violent way (adverb)

a long, high sea wave caused by an earthquake or other disturbance (noun)

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There came a wave like a great hand,Grabbing everything on the land,Its fingers of foam, circling round,Uprooting trees, razing homes to the ground,It aimed its fist at everything in sight,Nothing could survive this dreadful might,People ran in and out in time with the tide,Nowhere to go and nowhere to hide,

What is the wave likened to?

...................................................................................Find and copy a word which means large.

.................................................................What does the word 'razing' mean?

..............................................................................................................

Let's try some vocabulary questions together..

a great hand

great

knocking

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Your turn!

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• Find evidence!

• Explain it!uprooting trees

razing homes to the ground

The author creates the image that a tsunami is a bad event by using language such as 'uprooting trees'. This shows that the environment is being damaged by the tsunami. 'Razing homes to the ground' shows the destruction of the houses and the land. 

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Have a go! Can you use different pieces of evidence to make the same point?

uprooting trees razing homes to the ground

nothing could survive this dreadful might

the anger to be unleashed within the hourtearing apartlives were lost, bodies found

brutally killed by a hungry hound

the few that survived

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How did you do today?