Writing Poetry
PROCEDURALWrite poetry, exploring patterns of language, rhyme and rhythm, and learning poems by heart for recitation with appropriate intonation
Mastery Evidence
- Write a simple poem using rhyming couplets or a repeated pattern
- Recite a poem from memory with expression and appropriate intonation
- Identify rhyme and rhythm patterns in poems read aloud
Assessment Prompt
“Has [child] tried writing a poem — playing with rhyme, rhythm, or repeating patterns — and can they recite one they've learned or written with expression?”
Curriculum Standards2 alignments
Eng/KS1/Y2/C/1hThe national curriculum in Englanddevelop pleasure in reading, motivation to read, vocabulary and understanding by continuing to build up a repertoire of poems learnt by heart, appreciating these and reciting some, with appropriate intonation to make the meaning clear
Eng/KS1/Y2/WC/1cThe national curriculum in Englanddevelop positive attitudes towards and stamina for writing by writing poetry
Prerequisites5
- Rhyming wordshardAges 4—6
- Expressive and Sensory LanguagesoftAges 6—9
- Writing Process VocabularysoftAges 5—8
- Saying Sentences Before Writing ThemsoftAges 5—6
- Reciting PoetrysoftAges 6—10
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- Listening to Texts Read Aloud hard
Recognising literary language requires listening comprehension of stories/poetry
- How Many in Total? soft
Sorting and categorising objects uses the same counting/cardinality skills from maths
- One-to-one counting hard
Cardinality principle builds on one-to-one correspondence — you must count correctly to know the last number tells 'how many'
- Writing Process Vocabulary soft
Writing poetry draws on 'compose', 'pattern', and 'genre' vocabulary
- Expressing & Justifying Opinions soft
Oral expression skills support understanding formality in speech
- Exploring Ideas Through Talk soft
Conversational skills provide foundation for evaluating viewpoints
- Feeling of not understanding soft
Using talk to explore ideas and speculate requires noticing what you don't yet understand — the comprehension-monitoring habit in a spoken register
- Asking for Help hard
Noticing confusion and acting on it requires already knowing that asking for help is a valid response to being stuck
- Writing Process Vocabulary hard
Oral composition requires vocabulary like 'compose', 'sentence', and 'sequence' to participate meaningfully in the exercise
- Expressing & Justifying Opinions soft
Oral expression skills support understanding formality in speech
- Exploring Ideas Through Talk soft
Conversational skills provide foundation for evaluating viewpoints
- Feeling of not understanding soft
Using talk to explore ideas and speculate requires noticing what you don't yet understand — the comprehension-monitoring habit in a spoken register
- Asking for Help hard
Noticing confusion and acting on it requires already knowing that asking for help is a valid response to being stuck
Unlocks1
- Forms of Poetry and PerformancesoftAges 7—10