1. 1 Poems That Paint a Picture Copyright Sandy Fussell 2010-11

2. 2 Poet of the day Dorothea Mackellar

3. 3 Born 1 July 1885, over a hundred years ago in Sydney Born 1 July 1885, over a hundred years ago in Sydney Her real name was Isobel Marion Dorothea Mackellar Her real name was Isobel Marion Dorothea Mackellar Her family were very wealthy and owned a number of country properties Her family were very wealthy and owned a number of country properties Most famous poem is My Country Most famous poem is My Country She wrote My Country when she was 19 living in London and homesick for Australia She wrote My Country when she was 19 living in London and homesick for Australia Dorothea the poet

4. My Country 4 INSERT MY COUNTRY POEM HERE INSERT MY COUNTRY POEM HERE Performed in Sydney at the 2010 Australia Day ConcertPerformed in Sydney at the 2010 Australia Day Concert (start 5.42)

5. 5 The Open Sea The Open Sea ( Excerpt Stanzas 1,2,4,6 ) From my window I can see, Where the sandhills dip, One far glimpse of open sea. Just a slender slip Curving like a crescent moon - Yet a greater prize Than the harbour garden-fair Spread beneath my eyes. Just below me swings the bay, Sings a sunny tune, But my heart is far away Out beyond the dune; Clearer far the sea-gulls’ cry And the breakers’ roar, Than the little waves beneath Lapping on the shore. All its changes who can tell? I have seen it shine Like a jewel polished well, Hard and clear and fine; Then soft lilac—and again On another day Glimpsed it through a veil of rain, Shifting, drifting grey. Far and far I look—Ten miles? No, for yesterday Sure I saw the Blessed Isles Twenty worlds away. My blue moon of open sea, Is it little worth? At the least it gives to me Keys of all the earth 1 2 4 6 Poems can paint pictures – draw a picture based on Dorothea’s poem Open Sea Individual Activity

6. 6 Open Sea by Dorothea Mackellar

7. 7Imagery adjectives adjectives similes similes metaphors metaphors personification personification Language that appeals to the senses - Describes touch, taste, see hear, feel Examples: A stark white ring-barked forest The sapphire-misted mountains, The hot gold hush of noon. Green tangle of the brushes She pays us back threefold Curving like a crescent moon Like a jewel polished well My blue moon of open sea

8. 8 Similes A comparison of two things One thing is like another Use ‘like’ and ‘as’ A Red, Red Rose By Robert Burns 1 O My Luve's like a red, red rose, That's newly sprung in June; O My Luve's like the melodie That's sweetly played in tune. A Red, Red Nose (parody) By Sandy My nose is like a red, red rose, I blow it all through June; My nose is like a brass trumpet Playing out of tune.

9. 9 I’m great. As fast as _______________________________ As smart as _____________________________ As clever as ____________________________ As cool as ______________________________ As strong as ___________________________ As brilliant as _________________________ I’m great. Showing Off ( a similie list poem ) Group Activity

10. 10 Metaphor FOG by: Carl Sandburg The fog comes on little cat feet. It sits looking over harbour and city on silent haunches and then moves on. A comparison of two things One thing is not like the other

11. 11 3 steps to a metaphor 1 The ocean is blue. 2 The sky is blue. 3 The ocean is a sapphire sky. 1 The sun is hot. 2 The ______________ is hot. 3 The sun is a _________________ _________________________. 1 The car is ___________________________ 2 The ___________________ is ___________________ 3 The car is a _________________ _________________________. Making a metaphor Group Activity

12. 12 I’m great. I am a _________________________________ (fast) _______________________________ (smart) ______________________________ (clever) ________________________________ (cool) _______________________________ (string) _____________________________ (brilliant) I’m great. Showing Off – metaphor list poem Group Activity

13. 13 Personification An animal given human characteristics An object given life-like qualities The Cat & The Fiddle Hey diddle, diddle, The cat and the fiddle, The cow jumped over the moon; The little dog laughed To see such sport, And the dish ran away with the spoon.

14. 14 The television talks to itself, The bed stretches and yawns, ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________. In My Bedroom Individual Activity

15. 15 1. Make the chatterbox 2. Put a number on each of the flaps 3. Write a similie under the look up flaps – make some good and some awful – but not too insulting!! Make a Simile Metaphor Chatterbox Individual Activity You look like ….. A movie star, Hannah Montana You smell like ….. A rose, A wheelie bin You sing like …. A bird, A car horn You dance like … A swan, A duck

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