Individual reading and writing - selecting and analysing poems
for an anthology End of Stage 4 (end of Year 8) Description of
activity You will select three poems you have enjoyed from your
study of poetry. The three poems are your recommended selection
for a new poetry anthology for Year 7 or 8 students. The three
poems should be different types of poems and your selection
should demonstrate your understanding of a range of poetic
techniques. (Your selection may include one poem you have
written yourself and two studied in class.) You are to write a
200–300 word response on each of the three poems. In your
response you are to give reasons why you would recommend the
three poems you have selected. Students have been involved in a
wide reading poetry unit in which they have been taught about
poetic form and poetic techniques such as simile and metaphor.
In groups they have been asked to identify these forms and
techniques and explain their effect in the poems they have
studied. As part of this unit students ha