Planning and Activities
Poetry
English Year 3 Spring Classic Poems
A Child's Garden of Verses by Robert Louis Stevenson
This wonderful collection loses nothing of its power to excite, enthuse and inspire. Immerse your class in these classic, timeless poems. Study verbs/tense and extend sentences.
Start with the core unit to introduce key texts. Then select from comprehension, SPAG and composition units.
Unit 1 Core: Reading poems, identifying rhyme and writing rhyming couplets
(suggested as 4 days)
Back to Lockdown?
If your class or school is having to close for a while, these materials provide a home dimension as well as a clear route map outlining what to teach online, and what to practise at home.
With TA/Tutor
These materials are for a TA or Tutor to use with a small group of children or one child.
They support the learning in class in this unit.
Notes are provided for teacher and TA/Tutor.
Coming soon!
You Will Need
Poems in resources
All poems are taken from A Child’s Garden of Verses by Robert Louis Stevenson
Websites
Rhyming dictionary from poetry4kids.com
A Child’s Garden of Verses in e-book form from gutenberg.org
Unit 2 SPaG: Verbs and tenses
(suggested as 4 days)
Planning and Activities
Back to Lockdown?
If your class or school is having to close for a while, these materials provide a home dimension as well as a clear route map outlining what to teach online, and what to practise at home.
With TA/Tutor
These materials are for a TA or Tutor to use with a small group of children or one child.
They support the learning in class in this unit.
Notes are provided for teacher and TA/Tutor.
Coming soon!
SPaG: Grammar and Punctuation
You Will Need
Poems in resources
All poems are taken from A Child’s Garden of Verses by Robert Louis Stephenson
Presentations
PowerPoint SPaG: Verb Tenses
PowerPoint Resources: Robert Louis Stevenson - Illustrated versions of six of Robert Louis Stevenson’s poems with accompanying audio readings.
Unit 3 SPaG: Defining main clauses, subordinate clauses and conjunctions
(suggested as 4 days)
Planning and Activities
Back to Lockdown?
If your class or school is having to close for a while, these materials provide a home dimension as well as a clear route map outlining what to teach online, and what to practise at home.
With TA/Tutor
These materials are for a TA or Tutor to use with a small group of children or one child.
They support the learning in class in this unit.
Notes are provided for teacher and TA/Tutor.
Coming soon!
SPaG: Grammar and Punctuation
You Will Need
Poems in resources
All poems are taken from A Child’s Garden of Verses by Robert Louis Stevenson
Presentations
PowerPoint SPaG: Adding Description using Conjunctions and Prepositions
PowerPoint Resources: Robert Louis Stevenson - Illustrated versions of six of Robert Louis Stevenson’s poems with accompanying audio readings.
Unit 4 Composition: Exploring and responding to atmosphere and imagination in poems by Robert Louis Stevenson
(suggested as 5 days)
Planning and Activities
Back to Lockdown?
If your class or school is having to close for a while, these materials provide a home dimension as well as a clear route map outlining what to teach online, and what to practise at home.
With TA/Tutor
These materials are for a TA or Tutor to use with a small group of children or one child.
They support the learning in class in this unit.
Notes are provided for teacher and TA/Tutor.
Coming soon!
SPaG: Grammar and Punctuation
You Will Need
Poems in resources
All poems are taken from A Child’s Garden of Verses by Robert Louis Stevenson
Presentations
PowerPoint SPaG: Adding Description using Conjunctions and Prepositions
PowerPoint Resource: Robert Louis Stevenson - Illustrated versions of six of Robert Louis Stevenson’s poems with accompanying audio readings.