Skip to main content

Poetry and plays worksheets

Rainbow activity: read poem

Rainbow activity: read poem

Have you ever seen a beautiful rainbow? You might see one when there are lots of sunshine and rain showers in the same day. Read this rainbow poem with your little one and talk about your favourite colours, then follow the instructions to make a windsock.
or Register to add to your saved resources
Ordering events in a rhyme

Ordering events in a rhyme

Have you heard the popular nursery rhyme Hey Diddle Diddle? Listen to it again and see if you can spot the words that rhyme.
or Register to add to your saved resources

Subscribe now now to instantly download this content, plus gain access to 1000s of worksheets, learning packs and activities exclusively available to members.

Already a subscriber? to view this content.
Find the rhyming pairs

Find the rhyming pairs

A fun game to help your child recognise rhyming words.
or Register to add to your saved resources

Subscribe now now to instantly download this content, plus gain access to 1000s of worksheets, learning packs and activities exclusively available to members.

Already a subscriber? to view this content.
Rhyming maze

Rhyming maze

Can you help the animals through the mazes? Follow the words that rhyme with your pencil to help them to their snacks.
or Register to add to your saved resources
Book reviews activity pack

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.
or Register to add to your saved resources

Subscribe now now to instantly download this content, plus gain access to 1000s of worksheets, learning packs and activities exclusively available to members.

Already a subscriber? to view this content.
Revising poetic language crossword

Revising poetic language crossword

Reading poetry isn’t just about ‘feature spotting’; working out a poem’s overall meaning and message and responding to it is the most important thing. Learning the definitions and spellings of the poetic terms in this crossword will help you express your thoughts about language in poetry, fiction and non-fiction texts, though.
or Register to add to your saved resources

Subscribe now now to instantly download this content, plus gain access to 1000s of worksheets, learning packs and activities exclusively available to members.

Already a subscriber? to view this content.
Powerful adjectives worksheet

Powerful adjectives

Adjectives are words use to modify or describe nouns. Using adjectives in your writing makes it more interesting, but only if you use interesting adjectives! Here is a list of nouns. For each of them, come up with AT LEAST TEN ADJECTIVES. The first few will probably be quite easy – and boring! These might be colours, for example. The trick is to really think about each subject and focus on different aspects of it. What does the subject look like, smell like, sound like, feel like?
or Register to add to your saved resources

Subscribe now now to instantly download this content, plus gain access to 1000s of worksheets, learning packs and activities exclusively available to members.

Already a subscriber? to view this content.
Poetry composition worksheet

Poetry composition

If the word ‘poetry’ makes you panic, don’t! It’s easier than you think to write a short descriptive poem that creates a striking image in the reader’s mind. Why not have a go?
or Register to add to your saved resources

Subscribe now now to instantly download this content, plus gain access to 1000s of worksheets, learning packs and activities exclusively available to members.

Already a subscriber? to view this content.
Poetry analysis worksheet

Poetry analysis

After reading this Robert Louis Stevenson poem, answer the questions.
or Register to add to your saved resources

Subscribe now now to instantly download this content, plus gain access to 1000s of worksheets, learning packs and activities exclusively available to members.

Already a subscriber? to view this content.
Shakespeare plays wordsearch

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?
or Register to add to your saved resources
Using personification in poetry

Using personification in poetry

Read through this poem. In this poem, night is personified. Can you underline any phrases that suggest that night is a person? Then write down some of your ideas and use them to write your own poem that personifies night.
or Register to add to your saved resources

Subscribe now now to instantly download this content, plus gain access to 1000s of worksheets, learning packs and activities exclusively available to members.

Already a subscriber? to view this content.
Imagery in poetry: personification

Imagery in poetry: personification

Personification is a figure of speech in which a non-living object is given the characteristics of a person. Can you read through this poem and underline any examples of personification then have a go at writing your own personification poem?
or Register to add to your saved resources

Subscribe now now to instantly download this content, plus gain access to 1000s of worksheets, learning packs and activities exclusively available to members.

Already a subscriber? to view this content.
Building imagery in poetry: using powerful verbs and adverbs

Building imagery in poetry: using powerful verbs and adverbs

Each object in this poem is personified by a powerful verb and an adverb. Can you underline all the verbs in blue and all the adverbs in pink? Then draw four of the personified objects behaving as they are described.
or Register to add to your saved resources

Subscribe now now to instantly download this content, plus gain access to 1000s of worksheets, learning packs and activities exclusively available to members.

Already a subscriber? to view this content.
Writing rhyming couplets worksheet

Writing rhyming couplets

Rhyming couplets are two lines of the same length that rhyme and complete one thought. Can you use the pairs of words above to write some rhyming couplets?
or Register to add to your saved resources
Adding rhymes to a poem

Adding rhymes to a poem

Read this foodie poem then see if you can continue it with some rhymes of your own.
or Register to add to your saved resources

Subscribe now now to instantly download this content, plus gain access to 1000s of worksheets, learning packs and activities exclusively available to members.

Already a subscriber? to view this content.
Reading and writing a free verse poem

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.
or Register to add to your saved resources
Writing a cinquain worksheet

Writing a cinquain

Think of something that interests you and write a cinquain about it. Remember to follow the correct structure.
or Register to add to your saved resources
Using similes in poetry worksheet

Using similes in poetry

Think about something in nature. Now draw a picture of your subject in the middle of this spider diagram. Write similes to describe it in the boxes on the outside
or Register to add to your saved resources

Subscribe now now to instantly download this content, plus gain access to 1000s of worksheets, learning packs and activities exclusively available to members.

Already a subscriber? to view this content.
Setting out a play script correctly worksheet

Setting out a play script correctly

Read this passage of text from a story. Write the speech out as a play script, using the frame to guide you. Remember to include stage directions to show what people are doing.
or Register to add to your saved resources

Subscribe now now to instantly download this content, plus gain access to 1000s of worksheets, learning packs and activities exclusively available to members.

Already a subscriber? to view this content.
Reading and writing a list poem worksheet

Reading and writing a list poem

In this list poem the poet has thought about things that are special to her and imagined putting them in a box. What would you put in your own precious box? Use the following questions to plan your own list poem.
or Register to add to your saved resources