Spring Poetry

Spring is here, and the weather is wonderful – not too hot and not too cold!

Thank you to Vincent for this beautiful photo of his daffodils, which inspired me to write this lesson.

A traditional poem about spring is by the English poet, William Wordsworth (1770-1850).  He wrote about finding daffodils when he was walking in the countryside.

1  Vocabulary – Using your dictionary

Match each word from the poem with a synonym:

To wander                          To move like a butterfly

Vales                                   A light wind

A crowd                             A multitude

A host                                To walk

To flutter                             A large group

A breeze                             Valleys

          I wandered lonely as a cloud

          That floats on high o’er* vales and hills

          When all at once I saw a crowd

          A host of golden daffodils;

          Beside the lake, beneath the trees

          Fluttering and dancing in the breeze

(O’er = over)

2  Listen and read the poem here

 Practice saying the first part of the poem, pay attention to your pronunciation.

3  Describing Something

Wordsworth used    (as) lonely as a cloud to describe his movements and his emotions.

We can use as + adjective + as noun   to describe something:

For example:   As big as a house

                         As small as a rat

                         As hot as hell

                         As rich as Croesus

Can you finish these sentences?

As happy as ___________

As fast as _____________

As good as ____________

As delicious as _________

As easy as _____________

As difficult as ___________

4 Think of an image of Spring.  Can you describe it?