Basic Skills for KS3 Poetry

28 illustrated worksheet lessons, each with corresponding teachers’ notes, in a 59-page PDF. The pack introduces poetic form and technique through reading, discussion, spoken activities and students’ own creative writing.

Topics include the nature of poetry, rhythm and rhyme, limericks, riddles, acrostics, haiku, figurative techniques and picture poetry. Activities explore how colour, sound, silence and imagery create atmosphere.

Designed for mixed ability Key Stage 3 English and learning support classes, with no previous literary training required. Use individual worksheets to supplement class work or the whole pack as a course in poetry appreciation and criticism. Teachers’ notes give aims, preparation and classroom guidance, with answers, references and extension activities where appropriate.

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