📝 Part 1: Planning Your Poem

1. Choose your poem topic:

My favourite animal

My favourite hobby

2. What is your chosen topic? Write it here:

My poem will be about: ____________________________

3. Brainstorm descriptive words about your topic:

4. Plan your poem structure. How many stanzas will you have?

2 stanzas

3 stanzas

4 stanzas

🎨 Part 2: Literary Devices Planning

5. Create a simile for your topic (comparing using 'like' or 'as'):

My _____________ is like _________________________________

6. Think of sensory words. What can you see, hear, smell, feel, or taste?

7. Plan some alliteration (words that start with the same sound):

Example: "Slippery, slimy snakes" or "Beautiful, bouncing ball"

My alliteration: _________________________________________

8. Write a metaphor (saying something IS something else):

My _____________ is _____________________________________

✏️ Part 3: Draft Your Poem

9. Write your poem title:

Title: ________________________________________________

10. Draft your poem below. Use the ideas from your planning above:

11. Set a writing goal for improving your poem:

Add more sensory words

Improve my similes or metaphors

Add more alliteration

Make my poem flow better

Other: _________________________

Poetry Drafting Workshop

Poetry Drafting Workshop

📝 Part 1: Planning Your Poem

🎨 Part 2: Literary Devices Planning

✏️ Part 3: Draft Your Poem

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