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Year 5 Poetry by Valerie Bloom worksheet

“Love in words and pictures” is free to print, with no account. It is the first sheet in the Year 5 English unit “Poetry by Valerie Bloom”, for children aged 9 to 10, and takes about 20 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. Weeks 23 to 24 of the year, 5 sheets in the unit.

Free sample · answers on the last page

Love in words and pictures

Name: ____________ · Date: ____________
Year 5 · English · about 20 minutes
Answers are on the grown-up page

Today I can spot metaphors and similes and explain how a poem shows love.

A Look back3 min

  1. 1.

    A speaker feels bright and happy. Circle the end of the scale that fits.

    sunny endstormy end
  2. 2.

    A poem is made of lines. Lines are grouped together. Which word fills the gap? Circle one.

    linewhole poem
    verseparagraphchapter
  3. 3.

    Which word fills the gap in the story chain? Circle one.

    beginningend
    middleopeningclosing

B Watch me, then you4 min

Read this made-up line: “Her voice is a warm blanket.” Is it a simile or a metaphor? Look for the words like or as.

Watch me
Look for like or asYes: it is a simileNo: a metaphor

The line has no like or as.

So it says her voice IS a blanket. That makes it a metaphor.

“Her voice is like a blanket” would be a simile.

Now you
  1. 1.

    Is “The bus is like a tin can on wheels” a simile or a metaphor? Circle one.

    Look for like or asYes: it is a simile
    similemetaphor

C Your turn8 min

Read each line carefully. Then answer the question.

A warm cup of tea beside a glowing lamp in morning light
  1. 1.

    Write each line in the correct column.

    You are like a warm cup of tea.You are the morning light.Your laugh is as bright as a lamp.Your hands are two birds in flight.
    similemetaphor
  2. 2.

    Read: “Dad packs my lunch. Mum waits at the gate with a hug. Both of them keep a light on for me.” What big idea runs through this? Circle one.

    bedtime routineslove in a familyschool rules
  3. 3.

    Join each phrase to the feeling it makes you think of.

    Warm cocoa on a cold daySun on the sandHoney on toast
    sweetnesswarmthbrightness
  4. 4.

    Write one metaphor for someone you love. Use is or are, not like or as. Use a thing from nature.

Say it out loud: Which words told you it was a simile or a metaphor? What happens to the meaning when the word like is removed?

D Spot the mistake3 min

Two lit windows in two houses on a quiet street at dusk
Lou says: “The Dad and Mum lines in Your turn never say love, so they are not about love.”
  1. 1.

    Write one or two sentences to explain what Lou has got wrong.

E Think deeper4 min

A calm sea under a silver moon with a path of light
  1. 1.

    Look at the metaphor you wrote in Your turn. In one sentence, say why it shows more love than a plain line like “You are kind.”

How did it feel?

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StudyDen · Year 5 · English · Poetry by Valerie BloomAnswers are on the grown-up page

For the grown-up

Love in words and pictures · 2 minutes to read

Answers, and what a wrong one tells you

A

1. sunny end If your child circles stormy, ask what a bright, happy feeling is like. Happy words sit at the sunny end of the scale.

2. verse If your child picks paragraph, remind them that paragraphs belong to stories and non-fiction. In a poem, the group of lines is called a verse.

3. middle If your child picks opening, check the order. The beginning comes first, so the gap must be the part that comes between the beginning and the end.

B

1. simile If your child says metaphor, ask them to point to the word that compares the bus to the can. The word like tells you it is a simile.

C

1. simile: You are like a warm cup of tea., Your laugh is as bright as a lamp. · metaphor: You are the morning light., Your hands are two birds in flight.

2. love in a family

3. Warm cocoa on a cold day → warmth; Sun on the sand → brightness; Honey on toast → sweetness

4. Look for: A sentence using is or are that says the person IS a natural thing, with no like or as.

D

1. Look for: Says Dad and Mum show love through their actions, such as packing lunch, a hug or keeping a light on, even without the word love. If your child agrees with Lou, ask what Dad and Mum do for the child. Ask whether those actions show love without the word.

E

1. Look for: A reason about feeling or a picture in the mind, linked to the metaphor written in Your turn.

Words to use

Say“Which words told you it was a simile, and which words told you it was a metaphor?”
Instead of“Tell them the answer straight away, before they have looked for the like or as.”

After the sheet

Read a card or a short poem together. Find one line that says someone IS something, and one that says LIKE. Talk about which one makes you feel it more.

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

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

  1. Images into feelings(with a plan)
  2. Poems answering poems(with a plan)
  3. What the wall stands for(with a plan)
  4. Themes of belonging and hope(with a plan)

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