Planning and Activities

Explore odes and powerful types of imagery, such as simile, metaphor and hyperbole. Learn about pronouns and determiners. Examine extracts of Shelley's To a Skylark.
Start with the core unit to introduce key texts. Then select from comprehension, SPAG and composition units.
There is no spelling and grammar presentation for this unit.
Poems
(All in resources)
Spaghetti! Spaghetti! by Jack Prelutsky
Soggy Greens by John Cunliffe
Ode to an Olive by Anon
Ode to Marbles by Max Mendelsohn
Ode To a Chestnut on the Ground by Pablo Neruda
Poems
(All in resources)
Spaghetti! Spaghetti! by Jack Prelutsky
The Making of the Gingerbread Man by Rachel Rooney
Presentations
Grammar PowerPoint: Pronouns
There is no spelling and grammar presentation for this unit.
Poems
(All in resources)
Moon-Mad by Grace Nichols
Darkness and Light by Grace Nichols
You by Grace Nichols
You! Traditional (Africa)
Vocabulary for Villains by Eric Finney
I'm Telling You by Sean Forbes
Texts
Hero Dad by Grace Nichols
Presentations
Grammar PowerPoint: Determiners
There is no spelling and grammar presentation for this unit.
Poems
(All in resources)
To a Skylark by Percy Bysshe Shelley (an extract)
Websites
Skylark’s song from www.YouTube.com
Britain’s National Bird from www.votenationalbird.com
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