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title: "Writing Poetry"
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# Writing Poetry

Write poetry, exploring patterns of language, rhyme and rhythm, and learning poems by heart for recitation with appropriate intonation

Subject: English · Area: Writing Composition · Ages 6 to 7
Page: https://lightmysky.com/learn/english/writing-poetry-mt_YNe6siFTFq

## Ready when they can

- Write a simple poem using rhyming couplets or a repeated pattern
- Recite a poem from memory with expression and appropriate intonation
- Identify rhyme and rhythm patterns in poems read aloud

## Lesson: Writing Your Own Poems

You already know how to spot rhyming words and say a poem out loud. Now it is your turn to write one. Poems often follow a pattern. The ends of two lines can rhyme, or every line can start the same way.

*(drawing: This poem repeats 'I see a ___' and ends each line with a rhyme: cat, bat, hat.)*

**Example.** Ben wrote a rhyming couplet: 'The moon is round and bright, / It glows up in the night.' Bright and night end with the same sound, so they rhyme.

**Tip.** When you recite your poem, do not use a flat voice. Slow down for the quiet parts, get louder for the exciting parts, and pause where the words tell you to breathe.

**Recap.** A poem can rhyme, repeat a pattern, or both, and reciting it well means using your voice to show how it feels.

## Practice

8 questions on this page, each with its working shown.

## Needs first

- [Rhyming words](https://lightmysky.com/learn/english/rhyming-words-mt_4GiE83rJF_)
- [Expressive and Sensory Language](https://lightmysky.com/learn/english/expressive-and-sensory-language-mt_fL1Xz8ostr)
- [Writing Process Vocabulary](https://lightmysky.com/learn/english/writing-process-vocabulary-mt_o8ciHks8t2)
- [Saying Sentences Before Writing Them](https://lightmysky.com/learn/english/saying-sentences-before-writing-them-mt_PJyCGJz5Hv)
- [Reciting Poetry](https://lightmysky.com/learn/english/reciting-poetry-mt_ZBMcX2oRor)

## Opens up

- [Forms of Poetry and Performance](https://lightmysky.com/learn/english/forms-of-poetry-and-performance-mt_gR5_n99Ntt)