Activities in this teaching pack include a shared reading text to explore how to use vocabulary words to construct a Kenning poem and worksheets to make a list of pairs of nouns that can be used to describe family members when composing a specific type of poem and practise changing an example Kenning poem about a member of a family.

The interactive presentation gets the children to explore how to select powerful descriptive vocabulary to compose Kennings about different members of a family.

This lesson is part of an English scheme of work to get the children to compose a selection of different types of poems using figurative language and poetry styles to illustrate relationships between friends and family members. There are teaching activities for shared learning, differentiated worksheets to support independent learning and interactive presentations to introduce concepts and key skills.