LESSON PACKS: Poetry Introduction

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Powerpoint introducing rhyming words, tongue twisters and acrostics.

SPEECH FESTIVAL: There Are Big Waves – Elanor Farjeon

Speech 2012 Festival Poem: There are Big Waves – Elanor Farjeon

This video is a pronunciation guide for the Hong Kong 2012 Speech Festival poems – it is to demonstrate articulation only, performers should decide on how to deliver the poem!

There are Big Waves

There are big waves and little waves,

Green waves and blue.

Waves you can jump over,

SPEECH FESTIVAL: Town Dog – David Orme

Speech 2012 Festival Poem: Town Dog – David Orme

This video is a pronunciation guide for the Hong Kong 2012 Speech Festival poems – it is to demonstrate articulation only, performers should decide on how to deliver the poem!

Town Dog

I’m a town dog.
Usually I walk on a lead with my mistress;
I let children pat my head,
And politely use the gutter.

SPEECH FESTIVAL: The First Bit – Coral Rumble

Speech 2012 Festival Poem: The First Bit – Coral Rumble

This video is a pronunciation guide for the Hong Kong 2012 Speech Festival poems – it is to demonstrate articulation only, performers should decide on how to deliver the poem!

The First Bit

I love the first bit of the morning,
The bit of the day that no one has used yet,

SPEECH FESTIVAL: The Railway Children – Seamus Heaney

The Railway Children – Seamus Heaney

This video is a pronunciation guide for the Hong Kong 2012 Speech Festival poems – it is to demonstrate articulation only, performers should decide on how to deliver the poem!

SPEECH FESTIVAL: Breakfast – P.H. Kilby

Speech 2012 Festival Poem: Breakfast – P.H. Kilby

This video is a pronunciation guide for the Hong Kong 2012 Speech Festival poems – it is to demonstrate articulation only, performers should decide on how to deliver the poem!

Breakfast 

Good morning little earthworm,
Said the speckled thrush,