In our Literacy lessons this week we have been learning about poetry, in particular rhyming poetry.  We have learned a great tip from The Poetry Society that poets used to write rhyming poetry: word backwards.  To avoid what they call a “clunky last line”, poets write the final lines first.

We have used this technique to write our own poems in groups  entitled “Teacher, teacher!”, which describes some of the reasons why children might not be in class.

Teacher, teacher

If you can’t find Dylan

He’s in the Art room

Helping Mrs. Hillan

To develop this further, we used this idea to individually write Christmas themed poems called “Santa, Santa!” This time, Santa is looking for various people who are all taking part in Christmas activities.

Santa, Santa

If you can’t find Keith

He’s at the house

Putting up the wreath