Creative Writing (poetry): Writing Poetry

Creative Writing (poetry): Writing Poetry

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Key learning points

  1. In this lesson, we will go through the process of writing our own poetry and use a variety of techniques to create meaning.

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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.

5 Questions

Q1.
Which of the following is an important step in writing our own poetry?
Correct answer: All of these steps are important.
Drafting first if we feel like this might help.
Planning.
Reading other examples of poetry.
Q2.
Before we begin writing a piece of poetry, what should we do?
Nothing, we should just start writing.
Correct answer: Remind ourselves of our plan.
Throw away our plan so that it doesn't distract us.
Q3.
Whilst we are writing poetry, what should we do?
Correct answer: Check that we are sticking to our plan by carefully reading through each stanza.
Sit somewhere really loud where it is hard to focus.
Throw away our plan so that it doesn't distract us.
Write as quickly as we can to get it done.
Q4.
When writing a poem, what should we try to include?
Correct answer: A mixture of figurative techniques to create powerful pictures for our reader.
Facts, statistics and opinions.
No figurative techniques.
One figurative technique.
Q5.
When we have finished writing a poem, what should we do?
Never look at it again.
Read over it again and put crosses through anything we don't like.
Correct answer: Read over it carefully and think about all of the amazing things we have achieved.

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