Planning and Activities
Poetry
English Year 4 Summer Poetic Forms
Odes and Insults
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.
Unit 1 Core: Introduction to features of odes; language for impact
(suggested as 4 days)
SPaG: Grammar and Punctuation
There is no spelling and grammar presentation for this unit.
You Will Need
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
Unit 2 SPAG: Pronouns for cohesion; write an ode
(suggested as 3 days)
Planning and Activities
SPaG: Grammar and Punctuation
You Will Need
Poems
(All in resources)
Spaghetti! Spaghetti! by Jack Prelutsky
The Making of the Gingerbread Man by Rachel Rooney
Presentations
Grammar PowerPoint: Pronouns
Unit 3 Comprehension: Appreciate and analyse poetry; write new versions
(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
(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
Unit 4 SPAG: Determiners: specifying and bending meaning
(suggested as 3 days)
Planning and Activities
SPaG: Grammar and Punctuation
You Will Need
Texts
Hero Dad by Grace Nichols
Presentations
Grammar PowerPoint: Determiners
Unit 5 Composition: Detailed study of To a Skylark: write an ode in this style
(suggested as 5 days)
Planning and Activities
SPaG: Grammar and Punctuation
There is no spelling and grammar presentation for this unit.
You Will Need
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