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Ages
5–11
Duration
Long (12 plus activities)
Exploring Poetry Through Film introduces simple strategies to enrich poetry lessons – whether you’re aiming to unpick a poet’s style or inspire your pupil’s own creative poetry.
The lesson plans and activity sheets available on this page explore how camera shot types can support learners to visualise and understand existing poetry as well as be used to scaffold their own writing.
This course is part of Teaching Literacy Through Film, a series of short courses focusing on specific areas of literacy.
This resource includes
EPTF Camera Shot Types PDF
An activity to help identify different camera shots and their purposes.
Size: 825 KB
EPTF Writing From Poetry Stills PDF
An activity sheet to support planning a short poem.
Size: 10.17 MB
EPTF Understanding Poetry Through Film PDF
Teachers' notes to support the Understanding Poetry Through Film lesson.
Size: 1.16 MB
EPTF Understanding Poetry Through Film PPT
A presentation to support Understanding Poetry Through Film.
Size: 26.69 MB
EPTF Visualising Shot Types for Poetry PDF
A guide to help pupils visualise a scene from an audio highlight.
Size: 344 KB
EPTF Shot Types in Poetry PDF
A completed shot types table to help guide pupils.
Size: 176 KB
EPTF Shot Types in Poetry My Version PDF
A table to help pupils match shot types to lines from any poem.
Size: 173 KB
EPTF Single-Shot Storyboard PDF
An activity sheet to help visualise a single line of poetry.
Size: 204 KB
EPTF Creating Poetry Through Film PDF
Teachers' notes for the Creating Poetry Through Film lesson.
Size: 1.10 MB
EPTF Creating Poetry Through Film PPT
A presentation for the Creating Poetry Through Film lesson.
Size: 48.96 MB
EPTF Me and the Sea Planning My Poem PDF
A planning sheet for pupils to create their own poetic response to a film.
Size: 186 KB
EPTF Role on the Wall PDF
An activity sheet to support analysis of a character.
Size: 140 KB
EPTF Axis of Emotion PDF
An activity sheet to support film analysis.
Size: 191 KB
EPTF Poetry Storyboard PDF
A planning sheet to support pupils' to create their own poetry.
Size: 335 KB
This Resource Supports
- English
- Literacy
Updating our resources
We have developed a large catalogue of educational resources since launching in 2013, and some references and terminology will inevitably have dated as society and language evolves. We are aware of this and will be updating resources when our production schedule allows.
