Writing poetry
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Writing haikus | ||
Students explore the haiku form and then make their own. | |||
| KS3 | Poetry Published: 15/06/2012 | |||
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Beginnings | ||
Students match the beginnings and ending of poems and then write their own poem using a pre-existing beginning. | |||
| KS3 KS4 | Poetry Published: 30/03/2012 | |||
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Found poems | ||
A lovely, imaginative resource in which students select their favourite phrases from an extract from Madhur Jaffrey's 'A Taste of India' and create a poem from it. | |||
| KS3 | Poetry Published: 30/03/2012 | |||
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Magic and mystery | ||
Activities exploring and adapting some magical and mysterious poems. (Students will need copies of the poems.) | |||
| KS3 | Poetry Published: 24/02/2012 | |||
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Making comparisons | ||
Fun introduction to the technique of using comparisons to describe things. | |||
| KS3 | Poetry Published: 10/02/2012 | |||
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Botanical characters | ||
Uses the poem 'Sally' by Phoebe Hesketh to explore using plants to create characters. | |||
| KS3 | Poetry Published: 03/02/2012 | |||
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Poems about school | ||
Writing poetry inspired by school. Uses ‘In Mrs Tilscher’s Class’ by Carol Ann Duffy and ‘Timetable’ by Kate Clanchy as inspiration. (Please note, copies of these poems are not included with this resource due to copyright restrictions.) | |||
| KS3 | Poetry Published: 14/10/2011 | |||
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Making haiku | ||
Help is at hand! Get students on the right track with this helpful resource. | |||
| KS3 | Poetry Published: 07/10/2011 | |||
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Writing rhyming couplets | ||
A fun activity to get students writing in rhyming couplets. | |||
| KS3 | Poetry Published: 16/09/2011 | |||
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Home is ... | ||
Create a list poem about home - lovely resources that would work well either with a group, or individuals. | |||
| KS3 | Poetry Published: 06/10/2010 | |||
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Fine amour - creating a love poem | ||
Students read and answer questions about the literary conventions of love poetry. They then create their own love poems using these conventions. | |||
| KS4 | Poetry Published: 05/02/2010 | |||
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Write your own sonnet | ||
A handy resource that leads pupils to analyse the argument structure of the sonnet in preparation for writing their own. | |||
| KS3 | Poetry Published: 27/04/2009 | |||
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Poetry slam | ||
Prepare for and host your own Poetry slam! This worksheet guides pupils through writing their own poem and contains instructions on how to judge a slam. | |||
| KS3 | Poetry Published: 29/08/2008 | |||
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Creating poems from poems |
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Using poems by William Carlos Williams and Eleanor Farjeon as templates for new poems. The whizzy file is a Magnet version of the activity based on 'This is just to say'. The original resource is followed by a differentiated version for use with students with SEN. | |||
| KS3 | Poetry Published: 01/09/2006 | |||
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Shopping list poems |
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The original resource is followed by a differentiated version. | |||
| KS3 | Poetry Published: 28/11/2002 | |||
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