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

the mood created in a section or whole of a text

the speed or rhythm at which a poem is read or performed

a movement that helps express an idea or meaning

poetry with a specific structure, rhyme and meter

Reading, responding and performing ‘My Heart is a Volcano’

English

In this unit, pupils read and respond to a range of poems that explore personal experiences: feelings and relationships. In 'Poetry of Place', pupils build on these experiences, reading and analysing classic and contemporary poetry that evokes a strong sense of place, before writing their own.

In 'Poetry inspired by weather’, pupils wrote their own poems based on the theme of weather, exploring a range of forms and poetic devices.  In ’Poetry about personal experiences’, pupils build on these experiences, writing poems linked to their own feelings, relationships and experiences. 

Poetry about personal experiences

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

Match each keyword to the correct definition.

‘My Heart is a Volcano’ is a poem written by ...

How many verses are there in ‘My Heart is a Volcano’?

True or false? The speaker’s emotional state stays the same throughout the poem.

a way of describing and comparing something by saying that it is something else

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

Love is a rose, blossoming in the garden of the heart.

Love is like a beacon, guiding us through the darkness.

Love whispers secrets to the wind, carrying its message across the sky

Match these types of poetic device to the correct examples.

Imagery can appeal to the senses. Which of the following are senses?

True or false? All the poems in a poetry collection have similar themes to one another.

Who is the illustrator of the poems in 'Stars with Flaming Tails'?

energetic movement or events depicted within a poem

 the process of revising and refining a poem

What is a suitable definition for the **subject** of a poem?

This lesson will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.

Reading, responding and performing ‘My Heart is a Volcano’

Lesson outcome

This lesson will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.