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Metaphors KS2 – Pie Corbett’s animal poems

What's included?

PDF of original animal poems and activity ideas, plus Powerpoint of poems to use on interactive whiteboard

Key Stage

KS2

Age

Years 3-6

Subjects

This metaphors KS2 resource from Pie Corbett uses the vivid subjects of the animal kingdom as a creative writing starting point.

Writing poems about animals is a sure-fire hit. The two original poems included in this resource present two different ways into writing. The ‘Recipe to Make a Wolf’ poem is more playful whereas the ‘My Cat’ poem is based on close observation.

Metaphors KS2 activities

After completing warm-up activities, pupils will create their own ‘recipe poems’ about animals, using the included wolf poem as inspiration. You’ll need to model how to write the poem by doing one as a class first of all.

You can then create descriptive poems about an animal along the lines of the included My Cat poem. Pupils will either need a creature in front of them or some images to study carefully.

Encourage pupils to think about how the animal moves, the sounds it makes and how it feels. Begin by brainstorming words, phrases, similes and ideas then use these to write a class poem together before the children write their own.


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KS2 poems resources

Inspire KS2 pupils to be creative and express themselves with this pack of Pie Corbett poetry.


Pie Corbett is an English educational trainer, writer, author and poet who has written over 200 books. He is also known for promoting creative approaches in the classroom and has experience as a teacher, headteacher and Ofsted inspector. Follow him on Twitter at @PieCorbett.

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