a form of poetry that uses repetition to create musical effect

Preparing to write poetry inspired by rain

English

Introduction to ‘Cosmic Disco’ by Grace Nichols

Poetic devices used in ‘Cosmic Disco’ by Grace Nichols

Performing ‘Cosmic Disco’ by Grace Nichols

Reading and responding to ‘Who Has Seen the Wind?’ by Christina Rossetti

Reading and responding to 'When the Wind Blows' and 'Heatwave' by John Foster

Reading and responding to 'First Snow' by John Mole

Writing a poem about the snow

Writing a poem about the rain

Preparing to write poetry about the heat

Writing a poem about the heat

Publishing an original poem

In this unit, pupils read and responded to a range of poems that link to the weather, exploring form, structure and language, before writing poems of their own. In 'Poetry inspired by animals', pupils build on this knowledge, reading and analysing classic and contemporary poetry about animals, exploring structure, form and language, whilst developing personal responses.

In 'John Lyons Poetry', pupils read and responded to a range of poems by John Lyons, exploring form, structure and language, before writing poems of their own. In 'Poetry inspired by weather', pupils build on these experiences, reading and responding to a range of poems that link to the weather.  They explore form, structure and language, before writing poems of their own.

In this unit, pupils read, respond to and perform four different poems associated with weather. They discuss the poetic devices used and explore structure and imagery. Finally, they write their own poems inspired by the weather.

Poetry inspired by weather

What is the correct spelling of the type of poem that uses repetition to create musical effect?

a single line or a group of lines within a poem

How many lines from each verse in a pantoum are repeated in the next?

Match the number of syllables to the example words given.

True or false? Impressions about poems can only be positive.

Which of the following are forms of poetry?

Select the words that are synonyms of snow.

Preparing to write poetry inspired by rain

Lesson outcome