Activity
Poetry in a Jar
Magnetic-poetry energy with a jam jar. Constraint makes writing easier, not harder — and the results are often startling.
Ages
7-9, 9-11, 11-14
Level
Lower KS2, Upper KS2, KS3
Subject
English
Duration
30 min
What you'll need
- Jar
- Paper slips
- Pen
What the learner will explore
- Word choice
- Imagery
- Poetic form
How to do it
- 1
Everyone writes five interesting words on slips.
- 2
Fold and add them to the jar.
- 3
Pull five and write a short poem using all of them.
- 4
Read them aloud.
Make it easier
Pull three words and write one sentence.
Make it harder
Write to a form: haiku, cinquain or a rhyming couplet.
Try it differently
Make it a spoken word game with no writing at all.
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