Planning and Activities
Poetry
English Year 4 Summer Performance Poetry
Off by Heart
Read, discuss, learn and perform some fantastic poems from Off By Heart – Poems for YOU to Remember (Roger Stevens). Explore pronouns and fronted adverbials.
Start with the core unit to introduce key texts. Then select from comprehension, SPAG and composition units.
Unit 1 Core: Introduction to memorising and performing poetry
(suggested as 4 days)
SPaG: Grammar and Punctuation
There is no spelling and grammar presentation for this unit.
You Will Need
Essential text
Off By Heart – Poems for YOU to Remember chosen by Roger Stevens
Poems used
‘Revenge’ by Coral Rumble
‘Snow’ by Jane Clarke
‘The Eagle’ by Alfred, Lord Tennyson
‘Bed in Summer’, ‘The Moon’ and ‘Windy Nights’ by Robert Louis Stevenson
‘A Silver Birch’
‘Jabberwocky’ by Lewis Carroll
Unit 2 SPAG: Nouns and pronouns for cohesion
(suggested as 3 days)
Planning and Activities
SPaG: Grammar and Punctuation
You Will Need
Essential text (in resources)
‘Little Red Riding Hood and the Wolf’ by Roald Dahl
Websites
Clip from Magic Light Pictures’ animation of Revolting Rhymes from YouTube.com
Unit 3 Comprehension: Evaluating poems and making recommendations
(suggested as 4 days)
Planning and Activities
SPaG: Grammar and Punctuation
There is no spelling and grammar presentation for this unit.
You Will Need
Essential text
Off By Heart – Poems for YOU to Remember chosen by Roger Stevens
Poems used
‘There is No Such Thing as Monsters’ by Roger Stevens
‘Little Red Riding Hood and the Wolf’ by Roald Dahl
‘The Cats’ Party’ by Trevor Harvey
‘Eletelephony’ by Laura Elizabeth Richards
‘The Garden Year’ by Sara Coleridge
‘Ways to Come to School’ by Roger Stevens
Unit 4 SPAG: Adverbials and fronted adverbials
(suggested as 3 days)
Planning and Activities
SPaG: Grammar and Punctuation
You Will Need
Essential text
Off By Heart – Poems for YOU to Remember chosen by Roger Stevens
Poems used
‘The Jumblies’ by Edward Lear
Weblinks
The Jumblies by Edward Lear from the poetryfoundation.org
Animated recitation of ‘The Jumblies’ from YouTube.com
Unit 5 Composition: Write and perform a poem
(suggested as 4 days)
Planning and Activities
SPaG: Grammar and Punctuation
There is no spelling and grammar presentation for this unit.
You Will Need
Essential text
Off By Heart – Poems for YOU to Remember chosen by Roger Stevens
Poems used
‘What is Pink?’ by Christina Rossetti
‘Flint’ by Christina Rossetti