Elements of Poetry

A presentation taking children through the elements of poetry.

Using ‘A Dug, A Dug’, the children read through the poem with a partner (each taking a part being either the child or the dad, or they can read the full thing each), and begin to highlight/take notes on which elements of poetry they can find.

Children then use this poem as a scaffold to create their own poem asking for something they would like (new football boots/a trip somewhere/a pet for example).

Children can also find Scots words throughout the poem and guess what they think it means then find the correct meaning in the Scots dictionary online.