Writing - Season Poetry - Winter Festivities Poem - Lesson 6 - KS1/KS2

Writing - Season Poetry - Winter Festivities Poem - Lesson 6 - 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. Also discussed in detail are the non-religious winter holidays and religious holidays that often occur in the winter months (Hanukkah, Christmas, and Diwali). Children will learn about these religious holidays and a special item often associated with each holiday (Christmas tree, Mince pies, Menorah, Latkes, Sufganiyot, Diya/Diva lamps and the many different foods eaten on Diwali). There 3 poems each associated with a particular religious festival. Also included in this powerpoint is a non-religious poem about the winter holidays. These slides can be edited to include or exclude certain elements to suit different classes. This lesson can be a stand alone lesson however I would recommend teaching the previous lessons (in my shop) to help children understand how to write a poem as the quality of their poetry will depend on the children’s ability.

Included in this pack is a fully editable PowerPoint with a learning objectives and and task to write a poem associated with the winter holidays or winter festival There are 37 slides ( imagery and teaching slides) . Also included in this pack are 5 different writing outlines.

Learning Objective:

To write a poem about the winter holidays.