🌟 Part 1: Understanding Imagery

1. What is imagery in poetry?

Words that rhyme together

Words that create pictures in our minds using our senses

Words that are very long

2. Read this line: "The golden sun danced across the sparkling blue sea." Which senses does this imagery use? (Tick all that apply)

Sight (what we see)

Sound (what we hear)

Touch (what we feel)

Smell (what we smell)

3. Which sentence uses the BEST imagery?

The dog ran fast.

The fluffy brown dog raced like lightning across the soft green grass.

There was a dog.

4. Complete this sentence with imagery: "The pohutukawa tree was covered in _________________ flowers."

Write a descriptive word or phrase: _________________________________

✏️ Part 2: Creating Your Own Imagery

5. Choose a place in New Zealand (beach, forest, playground, etc.) and write it here:

6. Fill in the sensory words table for your chosen place:

What I can SEE: _________________________________

What I can HEAR: _________________________________

What I can SMELL: _________________________________

What I can FEEL/TOUCH: _________________________________

7. Now write 2-3 lines of poetry about your place using imagery. Use some of the sensory words from question 6.

8. Read your poetry lines to someone at home. What picture did they imagine in their mind?

🎨 Part 3: Imagery Challenge

9. Improve this boring sentence by adding imagery: "It was raining."

My improved sentence with imagery:

10. Tomorrow, look around and notice something special using your senses. Write what you observed here:

Poetry Imagery Creation

Poetry Imagery Creation

🌟 Part 1: Understanding Imagery

✏️ Part 2: Creating Your Own Imagery

🎨 Part 3: Imagery Challenge

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