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Students will be able to identify and create poems using different structures (Narrative, acrostic, haiku, lyrical and limerick)

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Students will effectively use figurative language including similes, metaphors, onomatopoeia, and personification in their poetry

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Students will explore sound and rhythm such as alliteration, rhyme, and repetition in their poems

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Students will compose original poems that reflect personal experiences, imagination, or observations

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Common Types of Poetry - By Sharni Cleary 

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Watch video about different types of poetry structures. Class discussion follows about examples found in the video.

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Common Types of Poetry ELA Educational Video in Blue and Yellow Illustrative Style

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Lesson 1: What is Poetry? Exploring Language and Form

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Lesson 1: What is Poetry? Exploring Language and Form

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Lesson 5: Poetry Performance and Celebration

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Lesson 5: Poetry Performance and Celebration

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Formative Assessment: Rubrics for teacher

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Formative Assessment: Rubrics for teacher

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Assessment Rubrics marking against the Australian V9 Curriculum for Year 5 English

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Students complete a quick reflection: What was your favorite type of poem to write? Which poetic device do you find most effective?

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Teacher observes and notes student participation in discussions and workshops using provided checklist

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Students submit a portfolio containing 3 original poems in different styles, with explanations of poetic devices used

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Students volunteer to share one poem they're most proud of with the class

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Poetry allows students to explore language expressively and meaningfully, enhancing both literacy skills and emotional literacy. This unit encourages students to use creative writing to articulate thoughts, feelings, and experiences, while developing a deeper understanding of poetry. Lastly students build confidence as writers and critical thinkers.

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Use this website to search poems to read aloud in lesson 3

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This site is dedicated to showcasing contemporary Australian children's poets and their work. Most poets have included their contact details if you wish to engage them to present at your school or writers' festival.

We do not publish collections or anthologies; nor do we offer an assessment or editing service. However, the site presents a Poem of the Day; so, if you are an Australian poet and would like to submit your children's poem for consideration, you are more than welcome to do so.

We are happy to accept information about children's poetry activities and events in Australia and overseas, poetry links, competitions, interviews with poets or publishers, and relevant articles.

Australian Children's Poetry would like to acknowledge and thank the Illawarra South-Coast CBCA

http://nsw.cbca.org.au/pages/illawarrasouthcoast.html for its generous donation towards making this blog site a reality. Other individuals have also very generously given donations for which I thank them: they are Anne Bell, Dianne Cook, Margaret Pearce, Jennifer Erlanger, Stephen Whiteside, Pat Simmons, Teena Raffa-Mulligan, Janeen Brian, Wendy Blaxland, Dianne Ellis and Katherine Gallagher.

Submissions and enquiries to Jeanie Axton at poemoftheday.jaxton@gmail.com

This blog site was designed and constructed by Helen Ross.
COPYRIGHT ACKNOWLEDGMENT:
Please remember that all articles and poems are copyrighted. As such please acknowledge the poet if you read out the poems to your class or make copies for class use. Any copies made need to be included on your CAL (Copyright) records.

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Welcome to Australian Children's Poetry website. This site is dedicated to showcasing contemporary Australian children's poets and their work. Most poets have included their contact details if you wish to engage them to present at your school or writers' festival. We do not publish collections or anthologies; nor do we offer an assessment or editing service....

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Shakespeare Sonnet 18 performed by 8 year old child actress Alexis Rosinsky

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Related General Capabilities & Cross-Curriculum

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Related General Capabilities & Cross-Curriculum

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General Capabilities:

Literacy

Critical and Creative Thinking

Personal and Social Capability

Cross-Curriculum Priority:

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Histories and Cultures (Connection to Country or nature in haiku poem)