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
- How to write and perform a simple colour poem
- 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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Worksheet
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