Plum by Tony Mitton

4 tips on how to read a poem aloud.

• Look confident.
• Relax and be natural.
• Avoid rushing through your poem.
• With rhymed poems, don't sing it. Read it.

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Palm tree

3 things about the author

Philippa Werry is a New Zealand author.
She writes for children and young people.
She also writes fiction, non fiction, poems, stories plays and magazine/newspaper article.

At a Fishing Settlement

We analysed the poetry yesterday for reading. We are looking at poetry because we are learning to analyse the poetry.

3 facts about the author of this poem, Alistair Campbell.
He is a New Zealand poet, playwright, and novelist.
His mother was a Cook Island Maori, and his father was a New Zealand Scot.
He died on 16th of August, 2009.