Writing for a Purpose: Tongue Twister Poems KS2+

Writing for a Purpose: Tongue Twister Poems (KS2+) is a lively and imaginative resource designed to help children explore the fun and challenge of writing and performing tongue twister poetry.
This resource introduces pupils to tongue twisters as a playful form of poetry that focuses on rhythm, repetition, and alliteration. It helps children understand how poets use sound patterns, similar starting letters, and quick, tricky phrases to create poems that are both entertaining and great for practising clear speech.
A sample tongue twister poem is included, demonstrating how to build lines that roll off the tongue with pace and precision. Children will see how clever word choices, rhyming pairs, and rhythm can make a poem exciting to read aloud—and even harder to say three times fast!
Perfect for English lessons, this resource encourages creativity, confidence, and performance skills. It includes helpful tips on planning and writing tongue twisters, experimenting with sound, and performing them with expression and accuracy.
In addition, this resource is perfect for warm-up activities, assemblies, or creative writing sessions. Pupils can invent their own alliterative challenges, compete in friendly tongue twister contests, or record performances to share with others.
In summary, “Writing for a Purpose: Tongue Twister Poems (KS2+)” is a fun, flexible, and confidence-boosting resource that helps children play with language, practise pronunciation, and enjoy the musicality of words.