Poetry Teaching Resources

Discover lesson plans, classroom worksheets and interactive activities to develop skills in English for Year Two in Key Stage One to teach about writing poetry on different themes and topics

  • Animal Poems

    Animal Poems

    Identify and collect different vocabulary words to use when composing poems about the appearance, movements and sounds made by a range of animals

  • Easter Garden

    Easter Garden

    Select and use descriptive vocabulary words to compose a poem describing different things that can be seen in a family garden at Easter

  • Easter Things Poems

    Easter Things Poems

    Practise selecting and using special vocabulary words to compose poems that play with language when describing things that represent Easter celebrations

  • Food and Drink

    Food and Drink

    Select powerful and descriptive vocabulary to use in poems describing different types of food and drink that can be enjoyed for a range of meals

  • Journeys Poems

    Journeys Poems

    Practise selecting powerful vocabulary words to use in poems that can describe some of the journeys made by families using different types of transport

  • Special Places Poems

    Special Places Poems

    Practise composing and presenting poems using descriptive vocabulary to illustrate some of the special places that can be found in the world

  • Sporting Poems

    Sporting Poems

    Practise writing poems with patterned language and rhythm structures to describe movements and actions connected to different sports and games

  • Vehicle Numbers

    Vehicle Numbers

    Investigate and record how to make and count models of objects to ten, twenty and thirty to match objects related to different types of vehicles

  • Bible Stories

    Bible Stories

    Research and illustrate how the teachings of Jesus are presented in different stories from the Bible

  • Word Matching

    Word Matching

    Identify, match and record the initial sounds that have been used in a range of cvc words beginning with different letters

  • Family Toys

    Family Toys

    Investigate and record how a selection of different toys and games that were owned by families have changed and developed over time