something or someone that is exciting and makes you feel strongly interested and enthusiastic

a word that has the same or similar meaning to another word

an adjective which means massive or gigantic; like a huge statue that makes you feel tiny in comparison

an adjective which means huge or enormous; like a giant who towers above you in the air

Preparing to write a poem about big objects

English

Reading and responding to 'Ozymandias' by Percy Bysshe Shelley

Learning how to write a haiku

Learning how to write a kenning poem about big and small objects

Writing a free verse poem about big objects

Preparing to write a poem about small objects

Writing a free verse poem about small objects

Performing your own poem inspired by big and small objects

In this unit, pupils have used big and small objects as the subjects of their poems. In Poetry inspired by weather’, pupils will follow a similar pathway, but with the more abstract topic of weather.

In 'The Magic Box': reading imaginative poetry', pupils explored Kit Wright's poem ’The Magic Box’. They explored the poetic devices used in the poem and also used it as inspiration to write their own imaginative poetry. In this unit, pupils will build on this by using some of the same poetic devices to write poems about big and small objects.’

In this unit, pupils read and respond to the classic sonnet, 'Ozymandias' by Percy Bysshe Shelley. They will learn to write a variety of different forms of poetry, including a haiku, kenning and free verse poem. Finally, they will perform their own free verse poems inspired by big and small objects.

Poetry inspired by big and small objects: understanding form

True or false? Free verse poems follow a strict set of rules. 

What is the name for a word that has the same or similar meaning to another word?

What adjective does this image represent?

What is the name for a two word phrase that can be used to replace a noun and is often used in poetry?

Which of these is an example of a correctly-written kenning describing a fish?

Which of these kennings could be used to refer to a skyscraper? 

There is no set rule for the length of a kenning poem.

Which of these kennings could be used to refer to a chicken?

Preparing to write a poem about big objects

Lesson outcome