Model Text: Poem: Hardknott Fort

A descriptive poem written from the point of view of a Roman soldier for KS2 students to read, analyse and use as a model for their own writing.

Included:

Hardknott Fort: a 6 stanza poem blank verse poem: A Roman soldier marches to the Fort; he describes what he sees and hears; he is nostalgic for his homeland.

Text Summary: key vocabulary, structure, featured language, punctuation and grammar

Activity Suggestions: recommended tasks for context, pre-reading, reading and writing

Pre-read pictures

Modelled planning table

Planning table prompts

Planning table blank