Central+Junior+Writing+Poems,+Rhymes+and+Senses+2014

**We used our five senses to help us.**
 * A group of clever writers met together to play with words in poems and rhymes.**

**Poems** by Miss Pratt Poems are a special kind of writing. The words make pictures in your imagination.

Poems are a special kind of writing. They have a special layout. Lines aren’t so long; they’re often short.

Poems are a special kind of writing. The white space around the words in important.

Poems are a special kind of writing. Some are acrostic And some use alliteration.

Poems are a special kind of writing. The rhythm is like singing. Many have rhyming words at the end of each line. Poems are a special kind of writing. media type="file" key="Writing Poems, Rhymes and Senses.mov" width="363" height="363" Then we found the rhyming words in some popular poems. Can you spot them?
 * We began by making some rhyming word families. **

**We wrote our own rhyming poems there.** You can read them here.

I had a cat. It was fat. I love my cat. Little cat. || **Cat** by Shiny Charlotte I have a cat And that cat Is very fat. || **Cat** by Apple Albie A cat with a hat, A cat with a broom. A cat with a mat, A cat went zoom! || There is a cat with a hat and it is fat! The fat cat sat on the mat. || **Dog** by Amazing Anais I have a dog. She loves playing with a log. She likes to go for a jog. That’s good when she jogs, Because she gets the frogs. || **Dog** by Luscious Lauren I have a dog. She likes to have a jog In the Ivy Russell Park. But it doesn’t really work, Because she plays with a frog Sitting on a log. || I saw a cat. It was a fat cat. It sat on a mat. Along came a rat. The cat and the rat had a chat. || **Cat** by Marvellous Meg The cat sat on the mat And ran to chat To a rat. Then he ate him for lunch. He said, “Munch! Munch! Crunch!” || **Cat** by Jealous Josh The cat sat on the mat. It saw a bat, And went to chat. || There was a cat That was very fat. Here comes a rat. The cat was wearing a hat, So he didn’t see the rat Because the hat was too big And he was sitting on a flat mat! || **Log** by Delightful Dylan The log in the bog Had a man in the pan. || **Dog** by Ending Enoch There was a dingo dog Who sat on a log, By the bog, In the fog, Where there was a frog. ||
 * **Cat** by Clever Kate
 * **Cat** by Cool Curtney
 * **Cat** by Kind Karminee
 * **Cat** by Writing Raff

**We learnt about alliteration.** In alliteration words start with the same letter sound. Repeating letter sounds – no matter where they are in a word – makes the poem more fun to read. The words don’t have to be right next to each other, but they should be nearby.

Can you find the alliteration letter sounds? **Going to St Ives** As I was going to St. Ives, I met a man with seven wives, Each wife had seven sacks, Each sack had seven cats, Each cat had seven kits: Kits, cats, sacks, and wives, How many were there going to St. Ives?

**We used our 5 senses to describe some things.** **Can you spot the alliteration?** **We tasted grapes.** We said the grapes tasted juicy, scrumptious, and a sweet treat. Some of us said they were gross grapes, grotty grapes.

**We smelled a spray.** We said the spray smelled like vicks vapour, mint mouthwash, and lemon lollies **We looked at nature pictures.** We saw marvellous mountains, radiant rainbows, interesting, adventurous, beautiful, colourful, cool, frosty frozen, and peaceful pictures.

**We listened to wee wind chimes.** We said they sounded like ding dong, quite quiet, twirling tinkling, weird. **We touched shells and stones.** We said they felt prickly, super spiky, smooth, twirly triangle and rough ridge.

**We made alliterations with our names.** It was fun! Then we wrote our own alliteration poems.

Clever Kate saw a snake and ran away. Clever Kate came back again And saw a tiger. Clever Kate ran away again! || **Fat Cat** by Shiny Charlotte I saw a very fat cat. The cat’s name was Fat Cat. Fat Cat was very fat. || Apple Albie saw an apple. Apple Albie ate it. It was green. || **Rainbows** by Cool Curtney Rainbows are cool. They are cool, colourful and beautiful. || Once there was a girl called Amazing Anais. She was the best beautiful girl in the town. She could do almost anything. || **Super Sophie** by Luscious Lauren Super Sophie sat soundly on the seesaw. But after a second she got tired. So she went to the sea And saw a lady selling seashells At the seashore. || Kind Karminee saw a cool cooler. The cooler was colourful. It was at the kitchen corner. It was a cold corner. The corner was called Cobweb Corner. || **Hard** by Ending Enoch Alliteration is hard. Hard hurts my head! || Rainbows are my favourite things in the sky. I love seeing rainbows Because I get to wish for a thing. || **Writing Raff** by Writing Raff Writing Raff was writing at his desk. Along comes Delightful Dylan. He says, “You are delightful too!” || **Delightful Dylan** by Delightful Dylan Delightful Dylan saw a massive mountain.
 * **Clever Kate** by Clever Kate
 * **Apple Albie** by Apple Albie
 * **Amazing Anais** by Amazing Anais
 * **Corner Cooler** by Kind Karminee
 * **Rainbows** by Marvellous Meg

**Planets** by Jealous Josh The planets go around the sun, the sun. Pluto goes around Neptune, around Neptune, around Neptune. Venus is the hottest planet, the hottest planet, the hottest planet. Jupiter is the biggest planet, the biggest planet, the biggest planet. The stars make constellations, constellations, constellations. Uranus is a gas giant, a gas giant, a gas giant. Saturn, the planet with rings, the planet with rings, the planet with rings. Mercury, the planet closest to the sun. The sun, the biggest star, the biggest star, the biggest star.

**Acrostic Poems** Acrostic poems are a bit like a puzzle. From top to bottom, the first letters of each line spell a word. The word is what the poem is about.

**Poetry...** by Nancy Loewen **P**lays with words and plants ideas... **O**pens our eyes and **E**ars... **T**wirls words into **R**iddles, ribbons and raindrops, and makes us say... **Y**es!

**We tried our own acrostic poems. Read them here.**

**SPACE** by Ending Enoch, Writing Raff, Apple Albie, Cool Curtney and Shiny Charlotte **S**un in the solar system. **P**lanets orbiting the sun. **A**stronauts out in deep space. **C**louds climb in the sky. **E**arth, people are all over Earth.

**A**n incredible girl, **N**ice **A**nd great. **I** like myself, **S**o pretty. || **SPACE** by Delightful Dylan **S**un in the solar system **P**luto is blue **A**stronauts float **C**louds on Mars **E**arth is blue and green. || **L**uscious **A**mazing **U**seful **R**un like the wind **E**ven Intelligent **N**ow meet at writing. || **DOG** by Kind Karminee **D**ashing animals **O**perating attention **G**orgeous dogs || **N**ight. **A**mazing. **T**urning around the sun is Earth. **U**pon earth are homes **R**unning is fun **E**arth is fun! || **SPACE** by Jealous Josh **S**cientific **P**lanet **A**stronauts **C**louds that trap heat **E**arth ||
 * **ANAIS** by Amazing Anais
 * **LAUREN** by Luscious Lauren
 * **NATURE** by Marvellous Meg

**Kate’s class has been doing this clever thing with poems, making the words go in the shape of their action.** **Autumn Leaves** by Clever Kate The leaves f a  l  l  Cool, Amazing and crunchy. The leaves f a  l  l  Off the tree. I love autumn Because the leaves f a  l  l.

**If you want to find out more about poems check out these links.** [] []