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How to get better at writing in rhyme

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Author Tony Wilson sits beside flowers
How to get better at writing in rhyme

SUBJECTS:  English

YEARS:  F–2, 3–4


What does author Tony Wilson suggest doing to improve your rhyming skills?

Why do you think reading might help? Are you familiar with the books and authors Tony mentions?

Dame Lynley Dodd is the author of the Hairy Maclary books and Julia Donaldson is another successful author who uses rhyming in her books. Look them up next time you're at the library and read their books out loud. Pay special attention to the rhymes and rhythms in their stories.


Acknowledgements

With thanks to Melbourne Writers Festival and Centre for Youth Literature.



Production Date: 29 Aug 2016


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