Main Teaching Activities - Young Writers pupils to draw their monster in the space provided. Pupils...
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Introduction The idea of this lesson plan is to inspire pupils to create their own character and learn how to write a narrative poem about them. Hand out a copy of the planning sheet / entry form to each pupil. Explain that today they will be creating a monster character and work towards writing a poem about it (slide 1). Main Teaching Activities Activity name Slide reference Activity details Creating a monster (10 minutes) 2-4 Ask pupils for adjectives and write these on the board. Pupils need to select 3 of these or 3 of their own and write these in the relevant section on the pupil planning sheet. Ask pupils to draw their monster in the space provided. Pupils need to name their monster too. What is a narrative poem (15 minutes) 5-8 Explain to pupils that a narrative poem tells a story, so has a beginning, middle and end, just like a story plot and that they will be writing a narrative poem about the monster they have created. This could be about a day out they have had together or how the monster saved the world etc. You can show them examples of narrative poems, such as ‘The Highwayman’ by Alfred Noyes and ‘The Listeners’ by Walter de la Mare. These poems use similes, alliteration, rhythm and rhyme to create the mood and tone for the narrative poem. Explain these poetic techniques to pupils if they are unfamiliar to them. Plot Planning (10 minutes) 9-10 Ask pupils to think about the adventures their monster character can go on. Ask pupils questions, such as – where is your monster from? Does it have friends? Is it good or bad? What would you do on a day out with your monster? Where would you go? Ask them to use their senses when thinking about their monster adventure and ask them to write down their ideas on the planning form, including their ideas on what they’d see / hear / feel / smell / taste. Show the class example monster poems (see reverse). Composing a Poem (15 minutes) 11 Now pupils have created a character and planned their narrative poem, it is time for them to write their poem. Ask them to include at least one of the poetic techniques used in the examples. Their final poem can be written directly onto the Monster Poetry entry form.
Transcript of Main Teaching Activities - Young Writers pupils to draw their monster in the space provided. Pupils...
Introduction
The idea of this lesson plan is to inspire pupils to create their own character and learn how to write a narrative poem about them. Hand out a copy of the planning sheet / entry form to each pupil. Explain that today they will be creating a monster character and work towards writing a poem about it (slide 1).
Main Teaching Activities
Activity name Slide reference Activity details
Creating a monster(10 minutes)
2-4
Ask pupils for adjectives and write these on the board. Pupils need to select 3 of these or 3 of their own and write these in the relevant section on the pupil planning sheet. Ask pupils to draw their monster in the space provided. Pupils need to name their monster too.
What is a narrative poem(15 minutes)
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Explain to pupils that a narrative poem tells a story, so has a beginning, middle and end, just like a story plot and that they will be writing a narrative poem about the monster they have created. This could be about a day out they have had together or how the monster saved the world etc. You can show them examples of narrative poems, such as ‘The Highwayman’ by Alfred Noyes and ‘The Listeners’ by Walter de la Mare. These poems use similes, alliteration, rhythm and rhyme to create the mood and tone for the narrative poem. Explain these poetic techniques to pupils if they are unfamiliar to them.
Plot Planning(10 minutes) 9-10
Ask pupils to think about the adventures their monster character can go on. Ask pupils questions, such as – where is your monster from? Does it have friends? Is it good or bad? What would you do on a day out with your monster? Where would you go? Ask them to use their senses when thinking about their monster adventure and ask them to write down their ideas on the planning form, including their ideas on what they’d see / hear / feel / smell / taste. Show the class example monster poems (see reverse).
Composing a Poem(15 minutes)
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Now pupils have created a character and planned their narrative poem, it is time for them to write their poem. Ask them to include at least one of the poetic techniques used in the examples. Their fi nal poem can be written directly onto the Monster Poetry entry form.
Writing your monster poem
Use the monster you have created and plot ideas to compose a poem.
Try to include at least one of the following
Alliteration . Rhythm . Similes . Rhyme
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Poetry Techniques
• Simile A simile describes something or someone ‘like’ or ‘as’ something else. Example: ‘She was as white as a ghost’
• Alliteration Alliteration is the repetition of the same starting sound in several words of a sentence. Example: Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled pepper.
• Rhyme A rhyme is a word that is identical to another in its terminal sound. Example: ‘Cat and Hat’ Example 2: ‘While and Mile’
• Rhythm Rhythm refers to the pattern of sounds made varying the stressed and unstressed syllables in a poem.
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Today you are going to:
• Create a Monster. • Learn about narrative poetry. • Write a narrative poem that will be entered into a
monster poetry competition.
