Assessed Learning Outcomes Poetic Writing Write a variety of poems, and choose at least one for re-writing and editing to publication standard. Personal Reading Read poems for pleasure. Close Reading Read a poem closely for meaning and form. Presenting Present a poem as a part of a group to the class.
Students focus on a poem or part of a poem that they particularly like.
They share the poem and their reasons for liking it with a partner. Volunteer students share their poem and reasons for its appeal with the class. The teacher leads the students through the various ways a poem makes its appeal - eg. The students take a copy of their poem. Underneath it, they write why they like it.