Poetry basics

Matching whizzy revising poetic terms.

Clear explanation and activities with examples from Shakespeare and Tennyson to practise on. Originally created for lower sets.

Lovely activity matching the poetic forms to their definitions. Includes suggestions for a research project. Answer: 1f, 2c, 3h, 4b, 5d, 6g, 7e, 8a.

A Clicker 5 Grid Set which provides vocabulary for writing about poetry. How to use this resource.

Use in class as a stimulus for creative writing and as a soft introduction to the text itself, before students have read the original. They use the words to write poems of their own. When the original poem is introduced there is a recognition and the possibility of special insights into the imagery.

Fridge magnets to accompany the poetry in motion resource.

Fridge magnets to accompany the poetry in motion resource.

Fridge magnets to accompany the poetry in motion resource.

Move the words around to create animal poems. Interactive fridge magnets are available to accompany this resource.

A great follow up for National Poetry Day - and a handy one-off for any time. Write a poem for the future based on Adrian Mitchell's winning poem.

A very simple exercise which asks pupils to draw the image before deciding if it's a simile or metaphor. The original resource is followed by a differentiated version for use with students with SEN.

A detailed step by step guide. The original resource is followed by a differentiated version for use with students with SEN.

A three page guide.

A short version of the above - ideal blown up as a poster …

Create a guide to poem(s) of your choice.

A fun introduction to the terms plus various activities (2 pages) - pupils will need a textbook to help find definitions of terms such as alliteration, couplet, imagery, metaphor etc.