Writing Poetry - Complete Primary Knowledge Organisers Bundle!

These clear, detailed and visually-appealing resources offer a complete reference point for the development of poetry within your primary school. The organisers are perfect for teachers, parents, and English subject leaders - aiding their planning and supporting of children’s knowledge development for the following poetry forms.

There are 16 knowledge organisers in total:

-KS1 Acrostic Poems
-KS1 Shape Poems
-KS1 Diamantes
-KS1 Haikus
-KS1 Riddles
-KS1 Free Verse Poems

-Lower KS2 Clerihews
-Lower KS2 Kennings
-Lower KS2 Romantic Poems
-Lower KS2 Limericks
-Lower KS2 Free Verse Poems

-Upper KS2 War Poetry
-Upper KS2 Sonnets
-Upper KS2 Ottava Rima
-Upper KS2 Narrative Poems
-Upper KS2 Free Verse Poems

Each organiser has a particular focus on the content, language and structural features required to write effective free verse poems. They generally contain the following distinct sections:

-Overview of the poetry form;
-Content: What to include, the five senses, communicating a message, themes, messages, subject matter;
-Language: Word choices, word types, poetic devices, punctuation checklist and word mat;
-Structure: Poem length, syllables, rhyme, line lengths, line breaks, stanzas, rhythm, metre;
-Key Vocabulary.

The resources were designed to be printed onto A3 (however can also be printed in A4) and is provided as both a PDF and a Word version (so that you can edit if you want to).