Planning and Activities
Poetry
English Year 3 Autumn Poetic Language
Animals and Weather
Read poems, exploring images created through language. Write and perform image poetry about animals and weather. Study noun phrases, prepositions for time, place, cause.
Start with the core unit to introduce key texts. Then select from comprehension, SPAG and composition units.
Unit 1 Core: Introduction to image poetry; performance; expanded noun phrases
(suggested as 3 days)
With TA or 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!
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.
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SPaG: Grammar and Punctuation
You Will Need
Poems
The Bug Chant by Tony Mitton (see resources)
Presentations
Grammar PowerPoint: Noun Phrases
Unit 2 Comprehension: Exploration of images in poems; descriptive writing
(suggested as 2 days)
Planning and Activities
With TA or 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!
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.
Coming soon!
You Will Need
Poems
Daddy Fell into the Pond by Alfred Noyes (see resources)
Unit 3 SPAG: Prepositions for time, place & cause; noun phrases, creating characters
(suggested as 3 days)
Planning and Activities
With TA or 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!
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.
Coming soon!
SPaG: Grammar and Punctuation
You Will Need
Poems
Lone Dog by Irene McLoud (see resources)
Presentations
Grammar PowerPoint: Prepositions for Time, Place & Cause
Unit 4 Composition: Extended writing: write and perform image poetry
(suggested as 3 days)
Planning and Activities
With TA or 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!
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.
Coming soon!
You Will Need
Poems
Wind Poems by Christina Rossetti (see resources)
Animated Tale
Wind Poems by Christina Rossetti (see resources)
Animated Tale
This is a set of three poems by Christina Rossetti: The Wind, Storm Wind and Whistling Wind. There are rich examples of personification, not just of the wind but of the sea and the waves. Children can discuss the powerful verbs that are used. Easy to memorise and recite, children could bring these poems to life using instruments or any other objects to produce sound and atmosphere.