Joseph Coelho poetry: learning and reciting a poem by heart | Exit Quiz | Oak National Academy

To learn something in such a way that you can say it from memory is called what?

• learning by head

• learning by heart

• learning to read

Answer explanation

Learning things by heart is an important skill to be able to do.

Which of these might a person learn by heart?

• songs for a show

• newspaper reports

• instructions for toys

Answer explanation

You may have learned your lines for a school production by heart.

True or false? Learning something by heart means you need to hold the text to read it.

(a)  

Answer explanation

What songs or nursery rhymes do you know by heart?

True or false? Knowing something by heart means you can quickly and easily share it with others.

(a)  

Answer explanation

It will also improve your understanding of a text. Knowing something by heart means you will develop a much greater understanding of the content.

True or false? Knowing something by heart will help you to feel shy when sharing it.

(a)  

Answer explanation

Knowing something by heart will help you with your learning in school because you can use that knowledge to answer questions.

Order these steps to help you learn something by heart.

• check it

• hear it

• read it

• practise it

Answer explanation

Hearing a poem read aloud by your teacher will also help you with any words that are difficult to pronounce.