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Listening for rhythm with author Tony Wilson

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Author Tony Wilson sits beside flowers
Listening for rhythm with author Tony Wilson
Subjects: English
Years: F–2, 3–4


Tony Wilson says that listening to rhyming books is like listening to music.

How are they similar? Read a rhyming book out loud or ask someone to read one to you, and see if you can hear the rhythm. Can you clap along to it?

Think about rhythm when you write your next story. Can you write something that has a beat?


Acknowledgements

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



Production Date: 29 Aug 2016


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