🎯 WALT: Write a descriptive poem using figurative language to capture childhood memories

✅ Success Criteria - I can:

Write a draft poem with at least 8 lines

Use similes, metaphors, imagery, or personification

Organise my ideas using this graphic organiser

Explain how my language helps readers imagine my memories

🌟 Part 1: Brainstorming Sensory Details

1. What do you remember from your childhood? Fill in each sense:

👀 SIGHT - What did you see? (colours, places, people)

👂 SOUND - What did you hear? (voices, music, nature sounds)

👃 SMELL - What did you smell? (cooking, flowers, outdoors)

👅 TASTE - What did you taste? (favourite foods, treats)

✋ TOUCH/FEELING - What did you feel? (textures, emotions, temperatures)

✨ Part 2: Adding Figurative Language

2. Create similes using "like" or "as" to describe your memories:

Example: My grandmother's voice was like warm honey

My _________________ was like _________________

The _________________ felt as _________________ as _________________

3. Create metaphors (saying something IS something else):

Example: My bedroom was a cozy cave

My _________________ was _________________

The _________________ was _________________

4. Create a sentence using personification (giving human qualities to non-human things):

Example: My bedroom was a cozy cave

5. Draft your "I'm From" poem lines (minimum 8 lines):

I'm from ______________________________________________________________________________________________________

I'm from_____________________________________________________________________________________________________

I'm from ______________________________________________________________________________________________________

I'm from_____________________________________________________________________________________________________

I'm from ______________________________________________________________________________________________________

🤔 Part 3: Reflection

6. How does your figurative language help readers imagine your memories? Choose the best description:

It makes my poem more interesting to read

It helps readers see, hear, and feel what I experienced

It makes my writing sound more grown-up

It makes my poem longer

7. Which figurative language device worked best in your poem and why?

8. Extension Activity: Draw or describe an illustration that represents your strongest memory from the poem:

"I'm From" Poem Planner

"I'm From" Poem Planner

🎯 WALT: Write a descriptive poem using figurative language to capture childhood memories

✅ Success Criteria - I can:

🌟 Part 1: Brainstorming Sensory Details

✨ Part 2: Adding Figurative Language

🤔 Part 3: Reflection

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