Writing poetry gives pupils the chance to play with language, explore imagination and develop confidence in their writing. With this KS2 poetry resource pack, pupils can embrace fun and silliness by creating their own humorous poems.
They can follow a model WAGOLL text showing to structure their writing, while letting their creativity run free. The resources are built around the theme of things you didn’t see, do, hear or experience, but you can easily adapt them to fit a current topic or your class’s interests.
Pupils can revisit or learn about alliteration and personification, and practise exploring verb choices to make their writing more lively and engaging. This pack encourages them to use humour, rhythm and imaginative ideas, helping to develop both their composition and creative thinking skills.
What’s included
Humorous poem model text: I didn’t…
A funny, WAGOLL poem that lists things the author didn’t do, see or hear. It shows pupils how to follow a pattern, use a variety of verbs, apply personification and include alliteration to make the poem entertaining.
Humorous poem writing sheet
Contains clear success criteria for writing a humorous poem. Pupils are guided to choose precise verbs and to apply personification and alliteration in their own work.
Humorous poem planning sheet
A space for pupils to collect ideas and plan their poem. Teachers can encourage the use of a thesaurus to explore interesting verbs and brainstorm humorous things they didn’t do.
Writing scaffold
Sentence starters for each line of the poem to support pupils who need extra structure.
Themed writing paper
Neatly designed paper for pupils to present their final poems.
Key techniques
Alliteration – repeated starting sounds in words: plump pillow, heavy hammer; tasty toffee; slippery slide.
Personification – giving human or natural traits to objects or abstract ideas: the painting glared back at me; the time flew by; the moon and stars were smiling down at us.
Curriculum links
Years 3-4: Recognise different forms of poetry and plan writing by discussing examples to learn structure, vocabulary and grammar.
Years 5-6: Discuss and evaluate how authors use language, including figurative techniques, and draft writing by selecting grammar and vocabulary to enhance meaning.
This resource gives pupils a structured yet creative framework to write humorous poetry while practising essential English skills.