In this worksheet, students are asked to write rhyming couplets using given sets of words.
It is a part of a larger unit that introduces students to a number of literary devices, develop their skills in writing poetry, while fostering an interest in its variety of forms.
Identify similarities and differences in literary texts on similar topics, themes or plots
Explain the way authors use sound and imagery to create meaning and effect in poetry
Create and edit literary texts that adapt plot structure, characters, settings and/or ideas from texts students have experienced, and experiment with literary devices
Identify and explain how choices in language, for example modality, emphasis, repetition and metaphor, influence personal response to different texts
Identify the relationship between words, sounds, imagery and language patterns in narratives and poetry such as ballads, limericks and free verse
Experiment with text structures and language features and their effects in creating literary texts, for example, using imagery, sentence variation, metaphor and word choice
Thinks imaginatively, creatively, interpretively and critically about information and ideas and identifies connections between texts when responding to and composing texts
Uses knowledge of sentence structure, grammar, punctuation and vocabulary to respond to and compose clear and cohesive texts in different media and technologies
Composes, edits and presents well-structured and coherent texts
Communicates to wide audiences with social and cultural awareness, by interacting and presenting, and by analysing and evaluating for understanding
Extends Tier 2 and Tier 3 vocabulary through interacting, wide reading and writing, morphological analysis and generating precise definitions for specific contexts
Plans, creates and revises written texts for multiple purposes and audiences through selection of text features, sentence-level grammar, punctuation and word-level language
Automatically applies taught phonological, orthographic and morphological generalisations and strategies when spelling in a range of contexts, and justifies spelling strategies used to spell unfamiliar words
Sustains a legible, fluent and automatic handwriting style
Selects digital technologies to suit audience and purpose to create texts
Analyses representations of ideas in literature through narrative, character, imagery, symbol and connotation, and adapts these representations when creating texts
Analyses representations of ideas in literature through genre and theme that reflect perspective and context, argument and authority, and adapts these representations when creating texts
Analyse and evaluate similarities and differences in texts on similar topics, themes or plots
Identify and explain how choices in language, including modality, emphasis, repetition and metaphor, influence personal response to different texts
Identify the relationship between words, sounds, imagery and language patterns in narratives and poetry such as ballads, limericks and free verse
Create literary texts that adapt or combine aspects of texts students have experienced in innovative ways
Experiment with text structures and language features and their effects in creating literary texts