Premier League Writing Stars: Ambition KS1
Pupils think about their goals and write their own Ambition poetry.
Summary
This pack uses the new poem Beautiful Ambition by Karl Nova to help your pupils think about their ambitions through poetry and help them write their own poem.
Pupils will be able to:
- build their understanding of the term 'ambition'
- develop positive attitudes towards and stamina for writing by writing poetry
- learn to appreciate rhymes and poems
- consider what they are going to write
- make simple additions, revisions and corrections to their own writing
- read aloud what they have written.
Curriculum links
England: English (Key Stage 1)
Wales: Languages, Literacy and Communication (Progression Steps 1 and 2)
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Film: Beautiful Ambition
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This short film is a reading of the poem Beautiful Ambition by Karl Nova, which has been written to inspire pupils to write their own poems.
Beautiful Ambition poster
Download the poem Beautiful Ambition as a poster for your classroom.
Film: Top tips!
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Think about what your ambitions and dreams are for the future. Watch this video with poet, Karl Nova, to hear his top tips to help young poets with their writing.
Starter activity: What is ambition?
A short starter activity to get pupils thinking about their hopes and dreams for the future.
Main activity: The challenge
This activity prompts pupils to think about what the word ambition means to them, creating a word bank and building this into poems.
Film: Ambitions and dreams
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This film introduces the theme of ambition. Show this film to get your pupils thinking about their hopes and dreams for the future.
Plenary activity: Two stars and a wish
Before finalising their poems, pupils peer-assess each others' poems in this "two stars and a wish" feedback activity.