1. AusVELS Levels: 5&6 Year: 2014 Term: 3 Duration of Unit: Lessons 7 5 of 7: Six Room Image Poem

2. I understand and experiment with sound devices and imagery in poetry.

3. Jackie Kay’s “Brendon Gallacher” (http://childrenspoetryarchive.org/poems ?f[0]=field_poet:192445)http://childrenspoetryarchive.org/poems ?f[0]=field_poet:192445

4. Six room image process: Rm 1 – IMAGE/PHOTOGRAPH – Think of something that is amazing, beautiful or interesting to you – close your eyes and visualise, describe it (don’t think of a poem)

5. Six room image process: Rm 2 – LIGHT – Look at the same image, but write about the colours, how does it look? – light, dark, hazy, shiny

6. Six room image process: Rm 3 – SOUND – what can you hear? Voices? Silence? Movement? Lonely? Peaceful?

7. Six room image process: Rm 4 – do you have any questions about your image? What do you want to know more about? What do you wonder about?

8. Six room image process: Rm 5 –what are your feelings?

9. Six room image process: Rm 6 – Look over your previous rooms and ideas and choose a word, a line or a phrase that feels important and repeat it 3 times

10. NOW have a go at creating a poem- you do not have to use all your ideas!

11. What did you learn in today’s lesson? What did you find challenging/difficult?