Henry Lawson's Poems

• Choose a poem from a selection provided by your teacher.
• Idependently write a summary of what the poem is about.
• Highlight unknown words (look these up in a dictionary), distinctly Australian words and rhyming words. Add these words to the word wall.
• Practice reading the poem out loud.
• In groups of three students share what your poem is about and recite it.

Henry Lawson got inspiration for his writing from the Australian landscape and people. You will be writing a poem using a painting from the State Library as a collection as inspiration.

• Your poem should be 3 stanzas long with 4 lines in each stanza and should use features of Henry Lawson's poems, such as rhyming patterns and distinctly Australian words.
• You can use the word wall for inspiration.
• View the below paintings from the State Library collection.
• Choose one painting to use for inspiration for your poem.
• Your teacher can show you how to look these paintings up using the State Library catalogue.
• Publish your poems and recite them to the class.