Planning and Activities
Poetry
English Year 4 Spring Poetic Forms
List Poems and Kennings
Read and write list poems, including kennings. Explore devices such as simile, alliteration and onomatopoeia. Study word classes: nouns, adjectives, verbs, and expanded noun phrases.
Start with the core unit to introduce key texts. Then select from comprehension, SPAG and composition units.
Unit 1 Core: Introduction to poetry language and form
(suggested as 4 days)
SPaG: Grammar and Punctuation
There is no spelling and grammar presentation for this unit.
You Will Need
Poems
Younger Brother by Trevor Millum (see resources)
Ten Things Found in a Wizard’s Pocket by Ian McMillan (see resources)
Today, I Feel by Gervase Phinn (see resources)
As, as, as… by Robert Hull (see resources)
Land of the Ocean Noise Anon (see resources)
Squirrel by Celia Warren (see resources)
Unit 2 SPAG: Word classes: nouns, adjectives, adverbs
(suggested as 3 days)
Planning and Activities
SPaG: Grammar and Punctuation
You Will Need
Poems
Younger Brother by Trevor Millum (see resources)
The Teacher’s Day in Bed by David Orme (see resources)
In the Cave by Sean Forbes (see resources)
Things I Have Been Doing Lately by Allan Ahlberg (see resources)
Presentations
Grammar PowerPoint: Nouns, adjectives and verbs
Unit 3 Comprehension: Discussing, evaluating and performing poetry
(suggested as 4 days)
Planning and Activities
SPaG: Grammar and Punctuation
There is no spelling and grammar presentation for this unit.
You Will Need
Poems
Full of Surprises by Paul Cookson (see resources)
River by June Crebbin (see resources)
Hector the Collector by Shel Silverstein (see resources)
Morning by Grace Nichols (see resources)
Pleasant Sounds by John Clare (see resources)
Quiet Things by Sue Cowling (see resources)
Additional poems (see resources)
Unit 4 SPAG: Expanded noun phrases
(suggested as 3 days)
Planning and Activities
SPaG: Grammar and Punctuation
You Will Need
Poems
All Creatures by Gervase Phinn (see resources)
In the Cave by Sean Forbes (see resources)
Presentations
Grammar PowerPoint: Noun phrases and expanded noun phrases
Unit 5 Composition: Write and publish list poems
(suggested as 4 days)
