Poetry Creative Writing Unit - 16 Lessons (Year 8)

This 16-lesson poetry unit is targeted at Year 8. It mainly revolves around analysing poems and then using these poems as exemplars to create new poems. It focuses particularly on language and structure techniques used in poems.

Here is an overview of the lessons included:

1 = Introduction to poetry
2-3 = Strict
4 = The Table
5-6 = Island Man
7-8 = Some People
9-10 = Climbing My Grandfather
11 = Night of the Scorpion
12 = Blessing
13 = I Come From Assessment Prep
14 = I Come From Assessment
15-16 = Workers Song

Also, here is a list of the main resources included:

• PowerPoints for every lesson, including notes where required
• Copies of the poems
• Worksheets
• Competitions and quizzes
• Video clips
• Creative writing tasks
• Group work tasks

Important note: To comply with copyright rules, I have not included copies of the poems. However, they are all easily findable online with a quick Google search.