This term in our English lessons, we have been reading many novels and non-fiction books linked to our World War 2 topic and using them as inspiration for our own writing.
This week, we started our unit about Word War 2 Poetry. For two weeks, we are focussing on reading many poems written in and about war. We are looking closely at the features of the poems, the language used to create imagery and how the poems make us feel.
After observing the two minute silence on Remembrance Day, we planned, wrote and published our own poems about War and Peace.
This style of poem is called a diamante poem because of the shape and it has some tricky rules:
It must have seven lines.
The first word and the last word must be nouns which are antonyms of each other.
The middle line is made up of four nouns.
The second and sixth lines must be adjectives.
The third and fifth lines must be verbs ending in ‘ing’.
Many children also challenged themselves to make all of the opposite words antonyms of each. Publishing our poems was also challenging as it was tricky to space out the words correctly to create the diamond shape.
What was the most challenging aspect of writing your poem, Year 6?
