Planning and Activities
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
Texts
Apes to Zebras: an A-Z of Shape Poems by Liz Brownlee, Sue Hardy-Dawson and Roger Stevens
Poems
All by Liz Brownlee:
Snowy Egret
Sea Star
Emperor Penguin
Seal
Websites
Bembo's Zoo from www.YouTube.com
Unit 2 SPAG: Progressive and perfect forms of past tense
(suggested as 4 days)
Planning and Activities
SPaG: Grammar and Punctuation
You Will Need
Poems
Rolling Down a Hill by Colin West
Presentations
Grammar PowerPoint: Tense
Unit 3 Comprehension: Reading and analysing shape poems
(suggested as 3 days)
Planning and Activities
SPaG: Grammar and Punctuation
There is no spelling and grammar presentation for this unit.
You Will Need
Texts
Apes to Zebras: an A-Z of Shape Poems by Liz Brownlee, Sue Hardy-Dawson and Roger Stevens
Doodle Dandies: Poems That Take Shape by J Patrick Lewis
Poems
Creep and Slither by J Patrick Lewis
First Burst of Spring by J Patrick Lewis
Winter by J Patrick Lewis
Sky High by J Patrick Lewis
Skyscraper by J Patrick Lewis
Shower by Moira Andrew
The Spider's Web by Maggie Holmes
Unit 4 SPAG: Conjunctions and prepositions to express time, place and cause
(suggested as 3 days)
Planning and Activities
SPaG: Grammar and Punctuation
You Will Need
Texts
All resources are included in this unit.
Presentations
Grammar Powerpoint : Using clauses and phrases to add information
Unit 5 Composition: Reading and creating shape poems
(suggested as 5 days)
Planning and Activities
SPaG: Grammar and Punctuation
There is no spelling and grammar presentation for this unit.
You Will Need
Texts
Apes to Zebras: an A-Z of Shape Poems by Liz Brownlee, Sue Hardy-Dawson and Roger Stevens
Doodle Dandies: Poems That Take Shape by J Patrick Lewis