a big idea, topic or message that recurs within a text

having the ability to create vivid mental images or concepts that may not exist in reality

the use of language to create a mental picture or sensory experience for the reader or listener

Reading and responding to 'If You Could See Laughter' by Mandy Coe

English

Reading and responding to 'Wide Open' by Rachel Rooney

Reading and responding to 'The Magic Box' by Kit Wright

Writing your own imaginative poem

Performing your own imaginative poem

In this unit, pupils use Kit Wright's poem The Magic Box’ to explore poetic devices such as alliteration, similes and repetition. In ’Humorous Poetry’, pupils will build on this by using several different poems from different poets to explore how those devices are used by others. ’

In Poetry: Nursery Rhymes’, pupils were introduced to several different nursery rhymes and began to explore the poetic devices used such as rhyming words and repetition. In this unit, they will build on this by extending the repertoire of poems they've read and responded to and looking at more poetic devices such as similes. ’

In this unit, pupils read and respond to three different imaginative poems by different poets. They will write their own imaginative poems following the same structure as 'The Magic Box'. Finally, pupils will perform their own poems to an audience.

'The Magic Box': reading imaginative poetry

Fill in the blank. Mandy Coe is a __________ poet. 

True or false? Mandy Coe is a famous British poet who writes poetry for adults only. 

Fill in the blank. Mandy Coe's poem 'If You Could See Laughter' is about imagining what laughter would __________ like. 

Which inflatable object does the poet describe as laughter looking like? 

Which part of a theatre does the poet describe as wriggling with colours during a pantomime?

The poem contains which of these themes? 

After reading poetry, we often give our initial responses to a poem. What are 'initial responses'?

The poem 'Wide Open' by Rachel Rooney is about a special ...

Which of these things does the special eye see in the poem 'Wide Open'? 

Which of these themes does the poem 'Wide Open' explore?

Fill in the blank. Imagery is the use of language to create a mental __________ or sensory experience for the reader or listener.

Starter Quiz

After reading poetry, we often give our initial responses to a poem. What are 'initial responses'?