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Spoonerisms Posters

Spoonerisms Posters
Classroom Displays
Examining Literature
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Description

Spoonerisms  are devices used in deliberate word play in poetry and other literary texts. They are included in Year 4 of the Australian English Curriculum.

 

Our Spoonerisms Posters provide a clear definition of spoonerisms and give students some fun examples to help familiarise them with the device.

Curriculum Codes

AC9E4LE04 9

Examine the use of literary devices and deliberate word play in literary texts, including poetry, to shape meaning

ACELT1606 8.4

Understand, interpret and experiment with a range of devices and deliberate word play in poetry and other literary texts, for example nonsense words, spoonerisms, neologisms and puns

EN2-2A old

Plans, composes and reviews a range of texts that are more demanding in terms of topic, audience and language

EN2-OLC-01 new

Communicates with familiar audiences for social and learning purposes, by interacting, understanding and presenting

EN2-VOCAB-01 new

Builds knowledge and use of Tier 1, Tier 2 and Tier 3 vocabulary through interacting, wide reading and writing, and by defining and analysing words

EN2-RECOM-01 new

Reads and comprehends texts for wide purposes using knowledge of text structures and language, and by monitoring comprehension

EN2-UARL-01 new

Identifies and describes how ideas are represented in literature and strategically uses similar representations when creating texts

VCELT285

Understand, interpret and experiment with a range of devices and deliberate word play in poetry and other literary texts

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