Here is a class poem that was made in a writing workshop with Y4 at Colwell Primary School.
We chose to use rhyme (largely because I was involved and I can’t help it!) but it would also work well as an unrhymed list. We used compound words.

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Further On

Is a playground

a ground

that likes playing around?

Is a sound idea

really 

made out of sound?

Is a street dancer

a happy dancing street?

Is a ship-wreck

a ship

that is not very neat?

Is a butter fly

a fly

made out of butter?

Is a see-saw

really

a sharp sea cutter?

Is a foot ball

a ball

made out of feet?

Is a beat box

a box

with a really good beat?

Is wrapping paper

paper

that likes to RAP?

Is a cat flap

a worried cat

all in a flap?

Is a bouncy ball

a dance

where people jump, jump, JUMP?

Is a monkey

a key

made out of a monk?

Is a chatter box

a box

that likes to chatter?

A person

who naps on kids …

Is that a kid napper?

Is a rock climber

a rock

who likes to climb?

Is a sausage roll

a sausage

who rolls around all the time?

Is see weed

the sea

that has just weed?

Is a scatter brain

a farmer 

who scatters brains like seed?