Year 2 Performance poetry worksheet

“Loud and slow” is free to print, with no account. It is the first sheet in the Year 2 English unit “Performance poetry”, for children aged 6 to 7, and takes about 22 minutes.

Print it on A4. The child's pages come first; the answers, and what each wrong answer tells you, are on the grown-up page that follows. Week 36 of the year, 4 sheets in the unit.

Free sample · answers on the last page

Loud and slow

Name: ____________ · Date: ____________
Year 2 · English · about 22 minutes
Answers are on the grown-up page

Today I can perform a poem loudly and slowly, and spot rhymes and repetition.

A Look back3 min

1.
Which sentence is written correctly?
the cat sat on the matThe cat sat on the mat.The cat sat on the mat?
2.
Which word joins two ideas together? Circle it.
andrunhappy
3.
Which is the right way to add -ed to jump?
jumpedjumppedjumpd

B Watch me, then you4 min

Ali has a poem about a bus. Ali whispers it fast. Then Ali reads James Carter's advice and tries again.

An empty bus stop on a grey background with a red sign, a bench and a puddle.

Watch me

James Carter says speak with a loud, clear voice.

He also says go slowly, even slower than you think.

So Ali says the bus poem loud and slow.

Now you

1.
James Carter says to go ... Circle the word.
slowlyquicklyquietly
2.
Ali's next poem is about a boat. How should Ali say it? Write it.

C Your turn7 min

Listen for rhymes, then think about how to say a poem.

A small train in the rain on a grey hill

1.
Join each word to a word that rhymes with it.
trainsnowboat
coatgorain
2.
Which word rhymes with cat? Circle it.
hatdogsun
3.
Which voice is right for performing a poem? Circle it.
a whispera loud, clear voicemumbling
4.
Say 'train, boat, plane' as slowly as you can. How did it feel?

Say it out loud: What sound do the rhyming words end with? How is 'train' different from 'boat'?

D Spot the mistake3 min

An empty stage with a microphone and a spotlight

Ali says: “Whisper your poem really fast, because it sounds better that way.”

1.
What should Ali change? Write it.

E Think deeper3 min

1.
Make up your own line for this poem. Repeat one part of it, like 'bus, train, ship'. Say it to your grown-up. Write it here.

How did it feel?

Think about speaking out loud. Tell your grown-up one thing that felt good and one thing that felt hard.

I can do it Nearly Not yet

For the grown-up

Loud and slow · 2 minutes to read

Answers, and what a wrong one tells you

A

1. The cat sat on the mat. If your child picks the one with a question mark, ask what kind of sentence it is. It tells something, so it needs a full stop.

2. and

3. jumped If your child picks jumpped, point to the m and p at the end. Jump already ends in two consonants, so just add -ed.

B

1. slowly

2. Look for: Says to speak loudly, clearly or slowly, not whispering fast.

C

1. train → rain; snow → go; boat → coat

2. hat

3. a loud, clear voice

4. Look for: A short answer saying it felt slow, strange or different from how we usually talk. If your child says it was easy, ask them to try going even slower on the last word.

D

1. Look for: Says Ali should speak loudly and slowly, because James Carter says so. If your child only says 'speak nicer', ask which two things James Carter says. Loud and slow are the answer.

E

1. Look for: A line that repeats the same word or phrase at least once, such as bus, bus or go, go.

Words to use

Say“Show me one line again, loud and slow. What did you notice?”

Instead of“Tell them to speak up faster so it is over.”

After the sheet

Pick a short rhyme from a book at home. Read it aloud loudly and slowly, clapping on each rhyme word, then swap turns.

Tick what your child got right in StudyDen. Anything missed comes back in a later Look back box, so there's no need to redo the sheet.

The rest of this unit

3 more sheets come with a StudyDen plan, in teaching order:

Beats, volume and feelings(with a plan)
River sounds and words(with a plan)
Performing with voice and hands(with a plan)

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