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Year 5 Poetry and plays worksheets
Free worksheets: Poetry and plays, KS2, Y5
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Write a poem about snow
In this worksheet, your child can complete a poem about snow by filling in the blanks. Repeat the exercise to come up with a few different poems.
Structuring a haiku
Children are encouraged to read these haikus and then think about the way haikus are structured.
Reading and writing a free verse poem
A free verse poem is one that does not follow any rhyme scheme or have a particular structure – you’re free to write any way you want! Read this poem out loud then talk to an adult about your first impressions of it.
Book reviews activity pack
Help your child explore books and language with TheSchoolRun's Book reviews activity pack, a huge collection of reading comprehension and creative writing resources for Year 1 to Year 6.
Shakespeare plays wordsearch
Challenge your KS2 child to a Shakespearean wordsearch. Can they find the titles of 14 of the Bard's famous plays hidden in the wordsearch grid?
Reading and writing a free verse poem
A free verse poem is one that does not follow any rhyme scheme or have a particular structure – you’re free to write any way you want! Read this poem out loud then talk to an adult about your first impressions of it.
Write a poem about snow
In this worksheet, your child can complete a poem about snow by filling in the blanks. Repeat the exercise to come up with a few different poems.
Writing poetry from prose
This worksheet encourages children to look at a piece of prose and improve it with their own phrases, before transforming the prose into a poem.
Writing a haiku
This worksheet shows children how to structure a haiku and then gives them prompts on how to write their own.
Writing an acrostic poem
A worksheet encouraging children to think of ideas and then structure them into an acrostic poem.
Writing a limerick
A worksheet encouraging children to read a limerick and think about its structure, then structure their own limerick.
Writing about your favourite poem
A worksheet giving prompts for children to think and write about the setting, structure and language of their favourite poem.
Witch's spell poem
Use this worksheet to think of ingredients for a spell. This activity encourages children to write an imaginative poem and set their words and pictures out in an eye-catching way.
Winter nights poem
This worksheet will give your child a starting point from which to write an imaginative poem. Encourages thinking about interesting description and text layout.
Seaside similes poem
A worksheet to encourage children to generate similes and then organise them into a poem.
Writing haiku poems
A sheet encouraging children to choose a theme and then write three haikus that share this theme.
Structuring a haiku
Children are encouraged to read these haikus and then think about the way haikus are structured.
Haiku themes
Examples of three haikus. Children are encouraged to read them and work out what they are about and what the common theme is.
Creating comic effect
An extract from a playscript. Children are asked to read the text and think about the techniques used to create a comic effect.