Year 7 & Year 8 key stage requirement links

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Key Stage Links to Poetry Lessons - Year 7 and Year 8

Year 7	Year 7, continued	Year 8
TL - Writing 1 Plan, draft, edit, revise, proofread and present a text with readers and purpose in mind. Chrissie Gittins: Messages from the Heart Scarab to the Heart Roz Goddard: The Button Jar	Describe an object, person or setting in a way that describes relevant details and is accurate and evocative. Peter Sansom: Intensive Writing - View from a window	Plan, draft and present TL - Writing 1 Experiment with different approaches to planning, drafting, proofreading and presenting writing, taking account of the time available. Chrissie Gittins: Messages from the Heart Scarab to the Heart Roz Goddard: The Button Jar
TL - Writing 6 Portray character, directly and indirectly, through description, dialogue and action. Roz Goddard: The Button Jar	Make links between their reading of poetry and the choices they make as writers. Ann Sansom: Intensive Writing - View from a window	Write to imagine, explore, entertain TL - Writing 6 Experiment with figurative language in conveying a sense of character and setting. Roz Goddard: The Button Jar Ann Sansom: Intensive Writing - View from a window
TL - Writing 8 Experiment with the visual and sound effects of language, including the use of imagery, alliteration, rhythm and rhyme. Roz Goddard: The Button Jar Eva Salzman: Imaginary Words	Distinguish between the attitudes and assumptions of characters and those of the author. Ann Sansom: Intensive Writing - View from a window	See also Elizabeth Barrett: Riddling *Poetry Workshop* Liz Cashdan: Writing Photographs *Poetry Workshop* Debjani Chatterjee: Working with Present and Past *Poetry Workshop* Eleanor Cooke: "I didn't know I was so clever" - Images and Metaphor *Poetry Workshop* Jane Draycott: A Deserted Place - Sound and Collaboration *Poetry Workshop* Cheryl Martin: Native Americans *Poetry Workshop* Graham Mort: Collaborative Writing and Poetic Form *Poetry Workshop* Andrew Fusek Peters: A Way Into Metaphor *Poetry Workshop* Dave Reeves: We'll Weather the Weather *Poetry Workshop* Dorothea Smartt: Free Writing *Poetry Workshop* Sue Dymoke: Writing a Monologue *Poetry Workshop* Matthew Sweeney: The Senses - and the Garden of Panic *Poetry Workshop*
See also Kids Poetry Websites to visit: read poems, writing tips, competitions and places to publish poems	See also Bookshelf recommended poetry books Magnetic Poetry Interactive word playground, from the Poetry Society
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