📚 Part 1: Understanding Imagery

WALT: Explore the use of imagery in poetry through creative activities.

Success Criteria: I can identify examples of imagery in poems and create visual representations of poetic imagery.

1. What is imagery in poetry?

Words that rhyme together

Words that create pictures in your mind using the five senses

Words that are difficult to understand

Words that tell you facts

2. Which of these examples use imagery? (Tick all that apply)

"The crimson sunset blazed across the sky"

"There are eight planets in our solar system"

"The bitter wind howled through the trees"

"Her voice was like honey, sweet and smooth"

3. Read this line from a poem: "The ocean whispered secrets to the shore."
Which sense does this imagery appeal to most?

Sight

Sound

Touch

Taste

🎨 Part 2: Exploring Imagery in Poetry

4. Read the poem extract below and underline or highlight THREE examples of imagery:

The morning mist danced across the emerald hills,
While golden sunlight kissed the dewy grass.
A kookaburra's laughter echoed through the silence,
As the sweet scent of jasmine filled the air.

5. Choose ONE image from the poem above and draw or describe what you "see" in your mind:

6. Complete these sentences about the imagery you chose:

Sentence stems for support:

The image I chose was: _________________________________

This image appeals to my sense of: _______________________

It makes me feel: ____________________________________

It reminds me of: ____________________________________

✏️ Part 3: Creating Your Own Imagery

7. Fill in the blanks to create your own imagery. Use words that appeal to the senses:

The __________ rain __________ on the roof.

The __________ flowers smelled like __________.

The __________ sand felt __________ between my toes.

8. Creative Writing Challenge: Write 2-4 lines of your own poetry using vivid imagery. Your poem should help the reader "see," "hear," "feel," "smell," or "taste" what you're describing.

Sentence stems for support:

The __________ looked like __________...

I could hear __________...

The air smelled of __________...

9. Extension Activity: (For advanced learners) Write a complete short poem (6-8 lines) that uses at least three different types of sensory imagery. Give your poem a title.

10. Self-Assessment: Tick the success criteria you have achieved today:

I can identify imagery in poems

I can explain what an image makes me think or feel

I can create my own imagery using sensory words

I can write original poetry with vivid imagery