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Writing Simple Couplets

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Writing Simple Couplets

Two children writing poetry together

📚 Part 1: Understanding Couplets

1. What is a couplet?

One line of writing

Two lines that go together

Three lines of writing

2. Which words rhyme with "cat"?

hat

dog

mat

run

3. Circle the couplet that has correct capital letters and full stops:

the dog is big
he likes to dig

The dog is big.
He likes to dig.

The dog is big
he likes to dig.

4. Match the rhyming words by drawing lines:
sun
tree
dog
play
day
fun
log
bee

✏️ Part 2: Writing Your Own Couplets

5. Complete this couplet using the word bank:

Word Bank: hat, fat, run, fun

The cat is very ____________.

He wears a big red ____________.

6. Write your own couplet about the sun. Use the sentence starters:

The sun is ____________.

It makes me want to ____________.

7. Create a couplet about your favourite animal. Remember to use capital letters and full stops!
8. Write a couplet about something you like to do. Make sure your two lines go together!

🎨 Part 3: Creative Challenge

9. Draw a picture to match this couplet:

"The bird flies high up in the sky.
It flaps its wings as clouds go by."

10. Write and illustrate your own couplet about New Zealand:

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