Composition: Writing poetry

This lesson is a resource lesson pack. In this lesson, we will follow step by step instructions on how to write a poem. We will focus on adjectives, colours and rhyming couplets to create an original poem.

Composition: Writing poetry

This lesson is a resource lesson pack. In this lesson, we will follow step by step instructions on how to write a poem. We will focus on adjectives, colours and rhyming couplets to create an original poem.

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Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. How to write and perform a simple colour poem
  2. Examples of colour poems: red cherries, green apples, yellow lemons

Equipment

ruler, scissors

Content guidance

  • Equipment requiring safe usage.

Supervision

Adult supervision recommended.

Licence

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