Start of year activity: acrostic poem about yourself

Introduction to Poetry - key stage 3 unit

This unit is designed as an introduction to poetry for key stage 3 to build upon the knowledge they will have from key stage 2. It aims to challenge students to apply poetic techniques in a creative and sophisticated way and also to support them in their own poetry analysis. This bundle contains: * A detailed knowledge organiser for homework and class quizzing. * A 40 question quiz that covers the key knowledge on the knowledge organiser. * A poetic terms match-up exercise for revision. * An adaptable booklet to help students to create their own anthology of poetry. * A unit overview document and end of unit assessment. * An easy start-of-year activity to write an acrostic poem about yourself. This could be set as homework. * Lesson 1: Poetry vs prose * Lesson 2: Figurative language - write powerful similes and metaphors. * Lesson 3: Personification * Lesson 4: Poetry analysis for beginners - The Lesson by Roger McGough * Lesson 5: Sibilance * Lesson 6: Assonance * Lesson 7: Annotating poetry - 'I am Offering this Poem' * Lesson 8: Write a PEE analytical paragraph about poetry * Bonus lesson: how to write a slam poem. Leave a review and get any other resource for free from the [LikeAnExpert shop](http://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/LikeAnExpert).