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Creative Poetry Drafting Worksheet

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Creative Poetry Drafting Worksheet

Poetry and creative writing illustration

🎯 Part 1: Planning Your Poem

1. Choose your topic and circle one:

My favourite animal

My favourite hobby

2. What is your chosen animal or hobby?

My poem will be about: ________________________________

3. Brainstorm descriptive words about your topic:
4. Plan your poem structure. How many stanzas will you write?

2 stanzas (8 lines total)

3 stanzas (12 lines total)

4 stanzas (16 lines total)

5. Create a catchy title for your poem:

Title: ________________________________________________

✨ Part 2: Poetic Devices Planning

6. Write one simile about your topic (using "like" or "as"):
7. Create a metaphor comparing your topic to something else:
8. Write an example of alliteration (words starting with the same sound):
9. List sensory words you could use. Check all senses you want to include:

Sight words: ________________________________

Sound words: _______________________________

Touch words: _______________________________

Smell words: _______________________________

Taste words: _______________________________

📝 Part 3: Draft Your Poem

10. Write your first draft here. Use your planning ideas from above:
11. Set a writing goal for improving your poem:

My goal for revision: I will ________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________

12. Peer feedback space (for your partner to complete):

What I liked about your poem: ____________________________

_________________________________________________________________

One suggestion to make it even better: _______________________

_________________________________________________________________

Feedback from: _______________________________________

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