'If you were a sailboat' and metaphor

Last updated: 15/11/2023
Contributor: Alli Baldwin
'If you were a sailboat' and metaphor
Main Subject
Category
Poetry: Poems on a theme
Resource type
Student activity
Worksheet
Focus
Writing

Introduce children to metaphor in a sensory way through the song If you were a sailboat by Katie Melua. Play the song and then ask children to use the writing frame to create their own metaphorical poems and songs based on the same structure. Includes a PowerPoint to play alongside the song to illustrate the metaphors.

Suitable for Y5 and Y6.

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