Poetry Week

This week Year 1 have been exploring the poem I Cannot Go To School Today by Shel Silverstein. We have recited the poem in a variety of voices and created actions to accompany it.

Here is 1D performing their favourite verse:

Using the poem's structure for inspiration the children wrote their own verses.

Success Criteria

• Listen / read the poem.
• Look at highlighted word.
• Think of an alternative.
• Write in full sentences.
• Always success criteria  (capital letters, full stops, writing on the line).

John 1A

Viola 1M

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This week Year 2 have been looking at Dinosaur themed poetry. We used our bank of ambitious vocabulary to write a class poem.

 Success Criteria

• Simile
• Adjectives
• Repeated phrases
• Rhyming
• Always success criteria (capital letters, full stops, writing on the line).

The children worked in small groups to create a line for their class poem.

Thank you for taking the time to look at our blog. Look out for more fantastic writing next week!