Lesson Planning
Poetry
English Year 1/2 Summer Poems on a Theme
Animals
Enjoy and explore Valerie Bloom's wonderful animal poems. Read and write rhyming poems, compose a kenning and write a poetry appreciation. Add description using adjectives and adverbs and revise sentence punctuation.
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Unit 1 Core: Animal poems by Valerie Bloom
(suggested as 5 days)
SPaG: Grammar and Punctuation
There is no spelling and grammar presentation for this unit.
You Will Need
Essential Text
Jaws and Claws and Things with Wings by Valerie Bloom and illustrated by Matt Robertson
Unit 2 SPaG: Descriptive writing – adjectives, adverbs and prepositions
(suggested as 3 days)
Lesson Planning
SPaG: Grammar and Punctuation
You Will Need
Essential Text
Read Me First – Poems for Younger Readers for Every Day of the Year chosen by Louise Bolongaro and illustrated by Georgie Ripper, Macmillan Books, ISBN 978-0-330-41343-5
Unit 3 SPaG: Sentence punctuation – capital letters, full stops, question marks and exclamation marks
(suggested as 2 days)
Unit 4 Composition: writing kennings and poem appreciations
(suggested as 5 days)
