Valentine’s Love Heart Sweets Poetry Activity

Ideal for Valentine’s Day.
A quirky, fun resource. The sweets provide the stimulus for discussion and the generation of ideas; it is a novel way to introduce a simple poetry writing exercise.

Items needed:
Several packs of Swizzels* love heart sweets or cardboard cut outs of the sweets if you prefer the healthier option; glue, sellotape or blu-tak.

Instructions for creating the poems:
• Request the students to empty the packets of ‘love heart’ sweets or cut outs onto their desks.
• Students are then required to make a selection of the sweets that they wish to use.
• Request the students to carefully stick the sweets onto a piece of paper, this can be in random order.
• For each sweet students are to work alone or in pairs to create an ambitious sentence.
• The teacher is to model linking these sentences together to create a simple poem.

Duration: a starter activity or short lesson lasting approximately 20-30 minutes.

Why download me?
I am a tried and tested fun resource. I work well with tutor groups and English classes. I have also been known to make an appearance at staff CPD and development days in the guise of an ice-breaker activity.

*other brands are available!