Poetry

English Year 5 Autumn Anthologies

I Like This Poem

Read/memorise poems from I Like This Poem (Kaye Webb) chosen by children. Gather favourites in an anthology; write their own. Use modal verbs and parenthesis.

Start with the core unit to introduce key texts. Then select from comprehension, SPAG and composition units.

Core
Unit 1 Core: Read, learn and compare poems in an anthology
(suggested as 4 days)

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Texts
I Like This Poem edited by Kaye Webb

Poems
Short Poems by Steve Turner (see resources)
Additional poems (see resources)

SPAG
Unit 2 SPAG: Learning to identify and use modal verbs
(suggested as 3 days)

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Texts
I Like This Poem edited by Kaye Webb

Poems
Escape at Bedtime by Robert Louis Stevenson (see resources)
Windy Nights by Robert Louis Stevenson (see resources)
Cats Sleep Anywhere by Eleanor Farjeon
The Listeners by Walter De La Mare (see resources)
Lone Dog by Irene McLeod

Presentations
SPAG PowerPoint: Modal Verbs

Comprehension
Unit 3 Comprehension: Poetry Appreciation
(suggested as 3 days)

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Texts
I like this poem edited by Kaye Webb

Poems
When I heard the Learn'd Astronomer by Walt Whitman (see resources)
Ozymandias by Percy Bysshe Shelley (see resources)
From a Railway Carriage by Robert Louis Stevenson (see resources)
Other poems (see resources)

SPAG
Unit 4 SPAG: Identify and use parenthesis
(suggested as 3 days)

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Texts
I like this poem edited by Kaye Webb
Poems from Old Possums Book of Practical Cats by T.S. Eliot

Poems
Macavity: The Mystery Cat by T.S. Eliot
Other poems (see resources)

Presentations
SPAG PowerPoint: Parenthesis

Composition
Unit 5 Composition: Writing a poem stimulated by those read
(suggested as 3 days)

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Texts
I like this poem edited by Kaye Webb

Optional Texts
The Works edited by Paul Cookson

Poems
Lonely Street by Francisco Lopez Merino (see resources)
Jabberwocky by Lewis Carroll (see resources)
A Boy's Head by Miroslav Holub (see resources)
Other poems (see resources)

Composition
Unit 6 Composition: Planning and writing poetry appreciation
(suggested as 4 days)

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Texts
I like this poem edited by Kaye Webb

Poems
When I Heard the Learn'd Astronomer by Walt Whitman (see resources)
Silly Old Baboon by Spike Milligan (see resources)
Sea Fever by John Masefiled (see resources)
Other poems (see resources)

Presentations
SPAG PowerPoint: Revision of modal verbs and parenthesis