Lesson Planning
Poetry
English Year 1/2 Autumn Poems by the Same Poet
Edward Lear
Explore the wonderful nonsense poetry of Edward Lear. Create noun phrases to write about characters and settings from the poems. Plan, draft and write a story sequel to the Owl and the Pussycat.
Start with the core unit to introduce key texts. Then select from comprehension, SPAG and composition units.
Unit 1 Core: Nonsense Verse by Edward Lear
(suggested as 5 days)
Group Readers
The Pobble Who Has No Toes
This is a beautifully illustrated version of the famous poem by Edward Lear. The way that the text is broken up into sub-verses enables children to read it with little difficulty and there is a matching sound file to support them.
You Will Need
Essential Texts
The Pobble Who Has No Toes and The Owl and the Pussycat by Edward Lear (see resources) or use any version you might have available.
Video reading of The Pobble Who Has No Toes and animated tale The Dong with a Luminous Nose
Unit 2 SPaG: word classes: nouns and adjectives. Introducing noun phrases
(suggested as 2 days)
Lesson Planning
SPaG: Grammar and Punctuation
You Will Need
Essential Text
The Quangle Wangle’s Hat by Edward Lear (see resources) or use any version you might have available.
Unit 3 SPaG: Expanded noun phrases; adding prepositional phrases
(suggested as 3 days)
Lesson Planning
SPaG: Grammar and Punctuation
You Will Need
Essential Text
The Dong with the Luminous Nose by Edward Lear
Weblink
The Dong with the Luminous Nose by Edward Lear read by Deanna Rodger
Unit 4 Composition: writing a sequel to The Owl and the Pussycat
(suggested as 5 days)
Lesson Planning
SPaG: Grammar and Punctuation
There is no spelling and grammar presentation for this unit.
You Will Need
Essential Text
The Owl and the Pussycat by Edward Lear.