Poetry Unit

Poetry

Please find below a range of poems to be used during our reading and writing units over the next 3 weeks.You will be expected to have read all 4 poems by the end of the term. 

For writing, you will be expected to have published a 'concrete' or shape poem, a haiku, a cinquain, 

Learning Intention/

WALT create vivid imagery in the readers mind using descriptive and emotive language in our poetic writing (*specifically shape poetry)

Success Criteria/

Use of descriptive language, language that describe/depict feeling, emotion, etc

Proof read and edited for punctuation, capitals, spelling (have a partner read and proof, too)

and lastly a narrative poem by the end of Term 3. The following poems show  a range of poems, but essentially give you a perspective of what form a narrative poem may take.

The Road Not Taken

Youtube narration The Road Not Taken

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'Budapest' (the focus being on personification in our writing)

'The Raven' Reading for 'The Raven' (the focus being mood and imagery in our writing)

Literacy Shed - scroll down for the above mentioned poems (animation plus narration)

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In Flanders Field

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'The Charge of the Light Brigade'

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Broken Spirits - Auschwitz

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'Annabel Lee'