Oral Language


A Something different In pairs, pick any ordinary object. Give yourselves two minutes to write down as many different ways to describe it as possible. When the time is up, compare your answers and cross off any that are the same. The person with the most answers left wins.


Example: A tree


ƒ A shelter-provider ƒ A life-giver ƒ A home ƒ Rainbow foliage ƒ A source of fuel


Writing Genre – Poetry Writing


Do you remember that a poem is a fictional piece of writing that entertains the reader? Poetry has many different language features, including: ƒ nouns and verbs that refer to specific objects, events, emotions, things or actions. ƒ adjectives and adverbs that are more imaginative than factual, e.g. weary, ecstatic.


ƒ literary devices such as rhyme, rhythm, imagery, alliteration, assonance, repetition, onomatopoeia, simile, metaphor and symbolism.


A Write a poem using an animal as a metaphor for a feeling. 1. Plan your poem. ƒ Think of an emotion or feeling that you would like to write about. ƒ Think of an animal that might be a good metaphor for this feeling.


ƒ Brainstorm some actions, words or symbols that are associated with this animal that might help you to portray your metaphor, e.g. scratching


gnawing lurking clawing


Feeling: jealousy Animal: cat


stalking pouncing predatory


2. Use the pattern of ‘Hope Is the Thing with Feathers’ to guide your poem, i.e. three stanzas of four lines each with an ABCB, ABAB, ABBB rhyming pattern.


3. Write your poem using a title similar to the original, e.g. ‘Jealousy Is the Thing with Whiskers’.


B Art activity


Think of the emotion that your metaphor represents and imagine a colour associated with it, e.g. green for jealously. Use that colour of paint, blended with a little white or black to create light or shade, to paint a picture of your chosen animal. Wait for the paint to dry fully and then write your poem over the painting.


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Unit 11 | Poetry 1


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