a piece of writing that uses creative and rhythmic language to express thoughts, feelings or ideas, often with a specific structure or pattern

the theme of a poem is the underlying message or central idea that the poet wants to convey, exploring topics or universal concepts that can be found throughout the poem

a specific form of poetry that consists of 14 lines and follows a strict rhyme scheme, often expressing deep emotions or ideas

Reading and responding to 'Ozymandias' by Percy Bysshe Shelley

English

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

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? A poem is a piece of writing that uses creative and rhythmic language to express thoughts, feelings or ideas.

True or false? ‘Ozymandias’ is referred to as a ‘classic’ poem.

What is the name for a type of poem that has 14 lines?

The poem ‘Ozymandias’ tells a story about an ancient statue and a powerful ...

True or false? Poems are a type of non-fiction text.

What is the name for a person who writes poetry?

True or false? A person may choose to write poetry about anything.

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

Reading and responding to 'Ozymandias' by Percy Bysshe Shelley

Lesson outcome