Poetry year 4 Two Weeks of Planning Magic Box Kit wright Material

Two weeks Planning. the powerpoint is a sample. There’s other files in the planning

Great powerpoint on the work of Kit Wright.

The magic box really inspires kids.

Sampl planning Ask children to remind you about what a simile is and discuss why it is effective to use when writing. Explain that today we will be creating some poems of our own by creating some similes. Write ‘as thin as’ on the board and ask everyone to think of very thin things. Push children to think harder past the more obvious objects. Prompt them if necessary ‘what part of an animal is very thin?’ and so on. Write other prompts such as ‘as tall as, as large as, as hot as’. Draw some circles on the board and write a prompt above them ‘The sun is like…’ See how many other things they can think of that are round like the Sun. Turn the circles into objects they suggest. Now encourage children to extend their ideas further.

Explain that today children will be making some simile poems of their own about a monster. List some features of a monster and some adjectives that describe a monster.

HA work alone to create a simile poem about a monster.

MA supported by KB, use a writing skeleton for their poem which has some features already listed.

LA supported by AS, use a writing skeleton for their poem which has the features already listed, make a list of adjectives that might describe a monster.

Read through some of children’s poems together. Discuss what similes they have used and the effect it has on their writing, why is it more effective?

Can children compare objects?

Can they use adjectives?

Can they extend their own ideas and thinking?

Can they choose effective similes?