Lesson Planning
Poetry
English Year 3/4 Summer Humorous Poems
I Can Make You Laugh
Learn about poetic devices and different forms of poetry while reading I Bet I Can Make You Laugh. Have fun performing a poem from the book and writing one about an imaginary teacher. Explore the use of expanded noun phrases, prepositions and prepositional phrases.
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Unit 1 Core: Identify, understand and compare form, structure and language in poems
(suggested as 5 days)
SPaG: Grammar and Punctuation
There is no spelling and grammar presentation for this unit.
You Will Need
Essential Texts
I Bet I Can Make You Laugh Poems by Joshua Seigal and Friends
Weblinks
Joshua Seigal’s website
How to Perform Poetry from BBC Teach English Language (bbc.co.uk)
How to Perform Poetry - Nothing Rhymes with Orange from youtube.com (BBC Teach video clip)
Unit 2 SPAG: Prepositions (for time, place & cause) and prepositional phrases
(suggested as 3 days)
Lesson Planning
SPaG: Grammar and Punctuation
You Will Need
Essential Text
I Bet I Can Make You Laugh Poems by Joshua Seigal and Friends
Websites
Joshua Seigal's website
Unit 3 SPAG: Expanded noun phrases
(suggested as 2 days)
Lesson Planning
SPaG: Grammar and Punctuation
You Will Need
Essential Texts
I Bet I Can Make You Laugh Poems by Joshua Seigal and Friends
Websites
Joshua Seigal's website
Joshua Seigal performs Just A Book
Unit 4 Composition: Write poetry and short stories inspired by poetry
(suggested as 5 days)
