Letting in the Light Upper Key Stage 2 Poetry Prompt 4 The Flame Teachers notes NC Y56 objective: select the appropriate form and use other poems as models The Flame This prompt uses poems written by children from Bridgwater schools in a
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Letting in the Light Upper Key Stage 2
Poetry Prompt 4 The Flame<br>
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Teacher’s notes NC Y5/6 objective: select the appropriate form and use other poems as models The Flame This prompt uses poems written by children from Bridgwater schools in a poetry workshop for more able writers. The children were asked to observe a candle being lit, flickering for a while and then being blown out. They were given a series of sentence starters and asked to write freely, letting their thoughts and feelings flow. They then shared, discussed and edited their writing, deciding on where to put their line breaks and stanza breaks.
Suggestion: Light a candle in a darkened classroom. You could use an actual candle, following your own risk assessments of course! Alternatively, you could use the candle gif images provided. Speak the following sentence starters at intervals as the children write:
When the candle is lit… I see… I see… It’s as if… The light reminds me of… When I look closer… I feel…
When the candle is blown out…
You may wish to share the children’s examples on slides 3, 4 and 5 . It might be worth waiting until after your children have written to prevent your writers being over-influenced by the examples. They could then share their own examples along with the examples provided before editing their poems.
If the children wanted to try a second poem there are different candle images on slides 6 and 7 which might inspire different response<br>
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It could be an animal’s furry tail swaying,
Or the golden tip of a dragon’s spiky tail,
A mini pocket dimension held inside.
I wonder if candles give praise.
I feel relaxed, satisfied, hypnotized even.
When the candle is blown out
The smoke writes and draws in the air,
And I almost feel depressed and sad.
It’s tiring, draining.
I don’t know why.
Tom The Candle
The cosmos flickers when the candle is lit,
A cloud of smoke rises,
The smell of celebration starts,
The flame grows and shrinks,
The redness of ashes ascends.
It reminds me of a boy eating his cake
On a frosty morning
Beside the Christmas tree.
When I look closer,
The wick inferno burns,
A head of flames flickers and nods.<br>
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The Flame in the Tiger’s Eye
When I look at the candle I see a tiger roaring with an echo,
scaring its prey.
As it prowls, its golden pelt fiercely flickers.
Like a deadly predator.
When I blow the candle out, I imagine it is the prey howling as if
It was gripped in the tiger’s teeth.
