an adjective which means tiny or microscopic; like an insect so small you can barely see it

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 unusually small; like someone so tiny, you almost don’t notice them

Preparing to write a poem about small 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

Preparing to write a poem about big objects

Writing a free verse poem about big 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? Reading poems by other poets will not give you ideas or make you feel interested and enthusiastic about writing your own.

Rhyming poems are common, particularly in poetry written for ...

Which of these words rhymes with the word 'chair'?

Which of these words is a synonym for 'small'?

Which of these words has the following definition: 'an adjective which means tiny or microscopic; like an insect so small you can barely see it.'

Which of these makes an object a good subject for poetry?

Which of these forms of poetry do not require the poet to follow set poetic rules?

True or false? Free verse poems are any poems that do not rely on consistent patterns of rhyme or rhythm.  

True or false? Free verse poems do not tend to follow the rhythm of natural speech.

True or false? In free verse poetry, poets may still use poetic techniques such as alliteration, repetition and similes to create their desired effect. 

What is the name for the poetic technique that involves a single word, or group of words, being repeated for effect?

A poet may extend their ideas before writing poetry by adding which of these?

Preparing to write a poem about small objects

Lesson outcome