Lesson Planning
Poetry
English Year 3 Summer Poetic Forms
Shape Poems
Explore calligrams, poetic portraits and shape poems. Analyse features of poetry. Explore tenses, conjunctions and prepositions. Write, improve and present your own shape poems.
Start with the core unit to introduce key texts. Then select from comprehension, SPAG and composition units.
Unit 1 Core Unit – Reading and writing shape poems, including calligrams
(suggested as 4 days)
SPaG: Grammar and Punctuation
There is no spelling and grammar presentation for this unit.
You Will Need
Essential Texts
Apes to Zebras: an A-Z of Shape Poems by Liz Brownlee, Sue Hardy-Dawson and Roger Stevens
Unit 2 SPAG: Progressive and perfect forms of past tense
(suggested as 4 days)
Lesson Planning
SPaG: Grammar and Punctuation
You Will Need
Presentation
Grammar PowerPoint: Tense
Unit 3 Comprehension: Reading and analysing shape poems
(suggested as 3 days)
Lesson Planning
SPaG: Grammar and Punctuation
There is no spelling and grammar presentation for this unit.
You Will Need
Essential Texts
Apes to Zebras: an A-Z of Shape Poems by Liz Brownlee, Sue Hardy-Dawson and Roger Stevens
Unit 4 SPAG: Conjunctions and prepositions to express time, place and cause
(suggested as 3 days)
Lesson Planning
SPaG: Grammar and Punctuation
You Will Need
Essential Texts
All resources are included in this unit.
Presentation
Grammar Powerpoint : Using clauses and phrases to add information
Unit 5 Composition: Reading and creating shape poems
(suggested as 5 days)
Lesson Planning
SPaG: Grammar and Punctuation
There is no spelling and grammar presentation for this unit.
You Will Need
Essential Texts
Apes to Zebras: an A-Z of Shape Poems by Liz Brownlee, Sue Hardy-Dawson and Roger Stevens