Writing your own imaginative poem
I can write my own imaginative poem following the same structure as ‘The Magic Box’.
Writing your own imaginative poem
I can write my own imaginative poem following the same structure as ‘The Magic Box’.
Lesson details
Key learning points
- ‘The Magic Box’ by Kit Wright is a poem about putting a variety of unique and wonderful items into a special box.
- We can use poems by other poets as inspiration for our own poetry.
- The structure of a poem is how it is organised and put together.
- ‘The Magic Box’ is organised into verses that mostly follow the same structure.
- Kit Wright is well-known for using contrasts in his poems.
Common misconception
Pupils may find it hard to think of imaginative ideas.
Pupils could work in pairs or small groups to generate ideas for their poems. You may also wish to do some further work on adjectives to describe and come up with a class word bank of adjectives to refer to.
Keywords
Structure - refers to the way a poem is organised or put together
Verse - refers to a single line or a group of lines within a poem
Imaginative - having the ability to create vivid mental images or concepts that may not exist in reality
Contrasting - the comparison of two or more things that are very different
Equipment
You need a copy of the poem ‘The Magic Box’ which is in the 2013 Macmillan Children's Books edition of ‘The Magic Box’ written by Kit Wright for this lesson.
Licence
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