Writing - Season Poetry - Winter - Descriptive Poem - Lesson 3 - KS1/KS2

Writing - Season Poetry - Winter - Descriptive Poem - Lesson 3- KS1/KS2

With the National Curriculum in mind, I have created this season-based lesson. As reinforced by the National Curriculum, children should experience high-quality discussions on a wide range of poems and learn the poetry tools to create their own.

The season focus for this lesson is winter. Many detailed pictures are attached of snow, snowball, snowman, snow angel, snow fights, snow covered park/mountains, fireplace, hot drinks (hot chocolate), snow in the city and snow in London. With mention of the religious holidays that often occur in the winter months (Hanukkah, Christmas, and Diwali). Click on the link on the first page, and slowly discuss the slides using different descriptive words to add more details that will be essential in their poetry. Try using detailed words for inspiration and encourage discussion of some photos to share descriptive words (snow- cold, soft, freezing, fluffy and crunchy. Children will use work produced in lesson 2 (https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12886531) to start writing a descriptive poem using their completed Senses Star.

Included in this pack is a fully editable PowerPoint with a learning objectives and and task to start writing a descriptive poem. There are 34 slides (mainly imagery).

Learning Objective:

To write a descriptive winter poem.