1. Today we are going to learn how to:
analyse and compare concrete poems.
 To continue a concrete poem using the features that we have learnt.

2. You will know that you have succeeded when you have a concrete poem that:
Has the rhythm scheme (ABCBDEB)
The same rhythm (4 or 5 syllable lines, shortened to two or three for the end ‘steps’)
Uses at least three ‘new’ words.

3. And… something’s … stirring
in the dark
in the dust
boxed Christmas lights
Big tooth from a shark
Sad rocking horse
a model of Noah’s Ark
Cobwebby comics
Doll’s house painted green
A bust of the Queen
Leather bound books
Old sewing machine
Up in the attic… By Wes Magee

4. And down in the cellar …
Down in the cellar
brown boot box
remains of a cot
two brass mantel clocks
buckets and brushes
and misty old socks
damp pile of coal
and a splintered pine door
rusty rat trap
and a snaggle- toothed saw
six mildewy blankets
piled on the
stone floor
(and… something’s… breathing)

5. Today’s activity
Write your own verses for ‘Up in the attic and down in the cellar’, using the writing frame.
Remember to include:
4-5 syllables per line
The rythem scheme from the original poem.

6. Dark
Mirky
Pitch-black
Darnty
Dim
Unenlightened
Gloomy
Overcoloured
Overcast
Sooty
Mysterious
ebony
Cold
Cold-blooded
Glacial
Bleak
Misty
Perishing
Chilly
Shivering
Nippy
Bitter
Wintery
floe
Scary
Uncanny
Cold-blooded
Dence
Terrifying
Sobre
Petrifying
Eerie
Grim
Frightening