Identity and Place

• The country or area we live in (or come from) often has a big impact on our identity.

• Our nationality, our language, our accent, our clothes, our diet, our hobbies and interests – these are just some of the things that are influenced by the place in which we live.

Picture PoemsAims:

• to use interesting vocabulary in our writing• to use a variety of language techniques

• to produce a picture poem using different language techniques

Picture Poems

• On the next slide is a picture poem based on a specific place – Las Vegas.

• Your task is to identify each of the different language techniques that have been used.

• Write a definition in your book for each technique you can see in the poem.

Neon lights shine like a million stars in a city that never sleeps.

Tourists fill her pockets with money as she sparkles her wealth.

People rush to her like moths to a flame.

The city is a showgirl, she dazzles the crowds.

Fast, frenzied, frantic cars drive through the night.

Money, money, money!

Could you resist her charms?

Hungry slot machines cackle with delight.

Now it’s your turn!

• Work by yourself or in pairs to produce a picture poem about a place important to you.

• Use one of the ideas from the following slides or find your own picture on the Internet.

• Don’t forget to use as many different language techniques as you can think of.

Oldham

Manchester

Blackpool

London

Wales

Scotland

France

Spain

Bangladesh

Pakistan

Mecca

America

Checklist of features:You must use:Simile (done)Metaphor (done)Personification (done)Alliteration (done)Repetition (done) List of threeRhetorical question

(done) Interesting vocabulary

(done)

You could also use:Rhyme (rhyme)Onomatopoeia (done)Powerful verbs (done)Varied punctuationDifferent sentence

types