Building from Year 5, children further explore the use of personification in other poets' work, and then use this experience as a basis for shared and independent writing of their own personification poems.

During this process a way of working, involving playing with language and then forming and shaping ideas, is modelled and practised.

ICT may be used to provide a visual or aural stimulus and/or to develop and present the poems.

Next these same learning processes are repeated and varied, this time focusing on the use of powerful images in poetry.

The same learning processes are once more repeated and varied, this time focusing on the use of surreal, surprising and amusing images in poetry.

Outcomes from the whole unit are shared and evaluated against pre-agreed criteria for the use of strong images, and then performed and/or published in some oral, paper or electronic form.

The subject matter of the poems selected and created for this unit could well relate to foundation subjects or to a cross-curricular theme or themes - in particular, it is intended to link this work to our work on "The Mountain Environment" (Humanities), or "Seeing Things" (Science).

Students are also expected to take a full part in the ICT, drama, art, vocabulary development and spekaing and listening opportunities which will be made available to them through the unit.