Creative Writing (poetry): Planning Poems

Creative Writing (poetry): Planning Poems

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Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. In this lesson, we will practise the process of planning our own poetry using lists and/or mind maps.

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5 Questions

Q1.
Which of these is NOT used to create sound and rhythm in a poem?
Correct answer: Figurative language.
Onomatopoeia.
Rhyme scheme.
Simile.
Q2.
Which of these is true about simile and metaphor?
Correct answer: They are both used to create powerful pictures for the reader.
They are both used to create sounds in writing.
They are both used to give rhythm to writing.
They both involve giving human features and characteristics to non-human objects.
Q3.
How to we identify the rhyme scheme in a poem?
By labelling lines with noughts and crosses.
Correct answer: By labelling rhyming lines with letters.
By labelling rhyming lines with numbers.
Q4.
Which of the following sentences includes examples of onomatopoeia?
Correct answer: 'The sausages crackled and popped in the heat of the fire.'
'The sausages smelled delicious as they were placed in the grill.'
'The sausages turned a tempting golden brown.'
'The sausages were turned slowly on the grill.'
Q5.
Which of these pairs of words rhyme fully?
'Crawl' and 'Appeal'
'Door' and 'Appear'
'Letter' and 'Late'
Correct answer: 'Share' and 'Pair'.

5 Questions

Q1.
How can we create powerful pictures in our reader's mind in poetry?
By using facts, statistics and our own opinions.
By using onomatopoeia and a rhyme scheme.
Correct answer: By using simile, metaphor and personification.
Q2.
How can we create sound and rhythm in poetry?
By using facts, statistics and our own opinions.
Correct answer: By using onomatopoeia and a rhyme scheme.
By using simile, metaphor and personification.
Q3.
Which of the following is NOT a reason why we plan before writing?
Planning helps us to identify our very best ideas.
Planning helps us to make links between our key ideas.
Planning helps us to organise our ideas.
Correct answer: Planning helps us to understand more about rhyme scheme.
Q4.
Which of the following is a GOOD method we can use for planning?
Lots of notes in different places that are not in any particular order.
Correct answer: Mind maps and lists.
Not planning at all.
Planning in our head but not writing anything down.
Q5.
What should we always think about first when planning for our own writing?
How our piece of writing will end.
Ideas that will link to our main idea.
Correct answer: Our main idea.
Which pen/pencil we will use to write with.

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UnitEnglish / Creative writing: poetry

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