Lesson Planning
Poetry
English Year 5 Summer Poems on a Theme
Aspirations and Dreams
Using inspirational poetry, look at aspirations and dreams. Start with a performance of 'What do you want to be?'. Explore modal verbs/adverbs and relative clauses.
Start with the core unit to introduce key texts. Then select from comprehension, SPAG and composition units.
Unit 1 Core: Introducing Poems on a Theme; use metaphors
(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)
What do you want to be? by Wilf Merttens
Hold Fast to Dreams by Langston Hughes
Mother to Son by Langston Hughes
Unit 2 SPaG: Using Relative Clauses
(suggested as 3 days)
Lesson Planning
SPaG: Grammar and Punctuation
You Will Need
Poem
Superheroes I could have been by Roger Stevens (see resources)
Presentation
SPaG PowerPoint: Relative Clauses
Unit 3 Comprehension: Reading and writing poems on a theme
(suggested as 4 days)
Lesson Planning
SPaG: Grammar and Punctuation
There is no spelling and grammar presentation for this unit.
You Will Need
Poems
(All in resources)
The You Can Be ABC by Roger Stevens
Caged Bird by Maya Angelou
Unit 4 SPaG Indicating degrees of possibility
(suggested as 2 days)
Lesson Planning
SPaG: Grammar and Punctuation
You Will Need
Poems
(All in resources)
When I'm Older by Lemn Sissay
What do you want to be? by Wilf Merttens
Presentation
SPaG PowerPoint: Degrees of Possibility – Adverbs and Modal Verbs
Unit 5 Composition: Writing and performing a poem based on one listened to
(suggested as 4 days)
Lesson Planning
SPaG: Grammar and Punctuation
There is no spelling and grammar presentation for this unit.
You Will Need
Poems
What do you want to be? by Wilf Merttens (see resources)