Finding my own voice: writing a poem inspired by Maya Angelou
I can write a poem inspired by the ideas and methods in Angelou's poetry.
Finding my own voice: writing a poem inspired by Maya Angelou
I can write a poem inspired by the ideas and methods in Angelou's poetry.
Lesson details
Key learning points
- You can use a poet's work to inspire your own creativity.
- You can plan each stanza of a poem by considering its focus, details and methods
- Reading your poem aloud can help you identify areas you would like to improve.
Common misconception
You can't plan a stanza of a poem. It's not like a paragraph or an essay.
Stanzas are like paragraphs. They need structure and focus. Spending time planning their methods, vocabulary and ideas make writing the stanza easier.
Keywords
Methods - the tools a writer uses to create their work; use of figurative language is one example
Sullen - bad-tempered, sulky
Figurative language - non-literal phrases and words which develop a writer's meaning
Idle - not doing anything, lazy
Ignoble - not honourable, unworthy
Equipment
You need access to 'Phenomenal Woman', 'Woman Work', 'Still I Rise', 'On Aging', 'Caged Bird', 'Equality', 'Life Doesn't Frighten Me', and 'On the Pulse of the Morning' (Penguin Random House).
Content guidance
- Depiction or discussion of discriminatory behaviour
- Depiction or discussion of violence or suffering
- Depiction or discussion of sexual content
Supervision
Adult supervision required
Licence
This content is © Oak National Academy Limited (2024), licensed on Open Government Licence version 3.0 except where otherwise stated. See Oak's terms & conditions (Collection 2).
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Starter quiz
6 Questions
a repeated line or lines throughout a poem
using words that sound like each other in the middle or end of lines
using the same letter to start two or more words
the repetition of the 's' sound
bad-tempered, sulky
not doing anything, lazy
unworthy, not honourable
having no problems or anxieties
antonym of guilty