Lesson Planning
Poetry
English Year 3/4 Autumn Poems by the Same Poet
Michael Rosen
Enjoy Michael Rosen's poetry, looking at narrative and rhyming poems. Revise speech punctuation and add detail using conjunctions of time and cause. Write rhyming poems and use poems read as inspiration for story-writing.
Start with the core unit to introduce key texts. Then select from comprehension, SPAG and composition units.
Unit 1 Core: Introducing the poetry of Michael Rosen
(suggested as 5 days)
SPaG: Grammar and Punctuation
There is no spelling and grammar presentation for this unit.
You Will Need
Essential Texts
You Wait Till I'm Older Than You! By Michael Rosen
Quick, Let's Get Out of Here By Michael Rosen
Weblinks
Michael’s Rosen’s Website
Michael Rosen's official YouTube channel
Michael Rosen reads his poems 'Don't'; 'Finger Food'; ‘Hot Food’; ‘Tomato One’; 'These Are The Hands'
Unit 2 SPaG: Writing and Punctuating Speech
(suggested as 3 days)
Lesson Planning
SPaG: Grammar and Punctuation
You Will Need
Essential Texts
Quick, Let's Get Out of Here By Michael Rosen
Weblinks
Michael’s Rosen’s Website
Michael Rosen's official YouTube channel
Michael Rosen reads his poems 'Tricks' and 'The Shop Downstairs'
Unit 3 SPaG: Conjunctions indicating time and cause
(suggested as 2 days)
Lesson Planning
SPaG: Grammar and Punctuation
You Will Need
Essential Texts
You Wait Till I'm Older Than You! By Michael Rosen
Quick, Let's Get Out of Here By Michael Rosen
Weblinks
Michael’s Rosen’s Website
Michael Rosen's official YouTube channel
Unit 4 Composition: write and perform poems inspired by Michael Rosen
(suggested as 5 days)
Lesson Planning
SPaG: Grammar and Punctuation
There is no spelling and grammar presentation for this unit.
You Will Need
Optional Texts
You Wait Till I'm Older Than You! By Michael Rosen
Quick, Let's Get Out of Here By Michael Rosen
Weblinks
Michael Rosen's website
Michael Rosen's official YouTube channel
Michael Rosen reads his poems 'The Rhythm of Life'; 'Strict'; 'The Register' and at an author's live event.