Poems from a Green and Blue Planet

Poetry

Read and enjoy a selection of poems from this wonderful anthology. Focus on poetic features and language, looking at their effects on the reader. Explore synonyms and antonyms using dictionaries and thesauruses. Express ideas and thoughts creatively in their own poetry.

Start with the core unit to introduce key texts. Then select from comprehension, SPAG and composition units.

Unit 1 Core: Introducing Poems from a Green and Blue Planet (suggested as 5 days)

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Lesson Planning

SPaG: Grammar and Punctuation

There is no spelling and grammar presentation for this unit.

You Will Need

Essential Text
Poems from a Green and Blue Planet, edited by Sabrina Mahfouz

Weblinks
Snow Leopard Hunting – BBC Earth

Unit 2 SPaG: Punctuation in Poetry (suggested as 3 days)

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Lesson Planning

SPaG: Grammar and Punctuation

There is no spelling and grammar presentation for this unit.

You Will Need

Essential Text
Poems from a Green and Blue Planet, edited by Sabrina Mahfouz

Weblinks
With One Breath (Just One Breath!) recording of a performance of Simon Mole’s poem on Soundcloud
Freediving video of freediving which Simon Mole's poem is based on, from BBC Human Planet Ocean, YouTube
With One Breath video video recording of Simon Mole performing his poem, YouTube

Unit 3 SPaG: Vocabulary in Poetry (suggested as 2 days)

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Lesson Planning

SPaG: Grammar and Punctuation

There is no spelling and grammar presentation for this unit.

You Will Need

Essential Text
Poems from a Green and Blue Planet, edited by Sabrina Mahfouz

Weblinks
Footage from a Spitfire across London - UK MoD, YouTube
Swimming Under Antarctic Ice with Lewis Pugh – Guinness World Records, YouTube

Unit 4 Writing Workshop: Four Poems from Poems from a Green and Blue Planet (suggested as 5 days)

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Lesson Planning

SPaG: Grammar and Punctuation

There is no spelling and grammar presentation for this unit.

You Will Need

Essential Text
Poems from a Green and Blue Planet, edited by Sabrina Mahfouz

Weblinks
The Elephant is Walking on the River Thames read by Imtiaz Dharker, Vimeo
Trailer for Doctor Who episode featuring the frost fair
Historical background to the frost fair

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