This KS1 poetry resource pack supports pupils in writing poems based on the classic Christmas song O Christmas Tree. At the heart of the pack are two WAGOLL model texts: the original song and a second poem inspired by the original.
Pupils can explore the repeated lines, rhyming patterns and festive vocabulary, and see how the suffixes -ful and -ly are used to create adjectives and adverbs.
The resources are perfect for engaging pupils in seasonal writing tasks at the end of the autumn term. You can teach pupils to plan their ideas, experiment with suffixes and develop a structured poem with repeating lines, rhyme and festive description.
Inside the resource pack
- WAGOLL model text – O Christmas Tree: The original song demonstrates repeated lines, rhymes and the use of suffixes -ful and -ly.
- WAGOLL model text – O Christmas Tree (2): A poem inspired by the original, following the same repeating pattern and using a range of words ending in -ful and -ly.
- O Christmas Tree writing sheet: Provides success criteria for writing a poem based on the WAGOLLs, examples of suffixes and festive vocabulary.
- Images to inspire writing: A set of Christmas tree images to help pupils collect words and phrases to describe their poem’s subject.
- O Christmas Tree planning sheet: Guides pupils in noting ideas, sequencing lines and structuring their poem.
- Writing scaffold: Two versions of sentence starters to support writing; one allows pupils to create their own first four lines, the other follows the original song’s structure.
- Themed writing paper: Enables pupils to present their final poems attractively.
How to use the pack
Pupils explore the WAGOLL texts to identify repeated lines, rhymes and the use of suffixes. They then collect ideas using the planning sheet and images, draft their poem using the writing sheet and scaffold, and present their finished work on themed paper.
National Curriculum links
- Year 1: Plan writing by saying out loud what they will write, compose sentences orally and begin experimenting with poetry.
- Year 2: Write poetry for different purposes, plan ideas before writing and use suffixes -ful and -ly to extend words and add description.
This pack gives pupils clear examples of high-quality festive poetry and structured resources to support confident, imaginative and seasonal writing.
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