Poetry

English Year 5 Autumn Classic Poems

Narrative Poems

Lewis Carroll's Walrus and the Carpenter and Hilaire Belloc's Cautionary Tales stimulate performance, debate, persuasive writing and poetry writing. Revise adverbs and modal verbs.

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

Core
Unit 1 Core: Study a classic narrative Poem: The Walrus and the Carpenter
(suggested as 4 days)

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Poems Studied
‘The Walrus and the Carpenter’ by Lewis Carroll

SPAG
Unit 2 SPaG: Adverbials for adding information about time, cause and place
(suggested as 3 days)

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Poems Studied
The Walrus and the Carpenter – by Lewis Carroll
A Strange Wild Song – by Lewis Carroll
You are Old, Father William – by Lewis Carroll

Comprehension
Unit 3 Comprehension: Exploring Hilaire Belloc’s Cautionary Tales
(suggested as 4 days)

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Poems Studied
‘Matilda’ by Hilaire Belloc
‘Jim’ by Hilaire Belloc
‘Henry King’ Hilaire Belloc
‘Algernon’ Hilaire Belloc

SPAG
Unit 4 SPaG: Understanding and Using Modal Verbs and Adverbs of Possibility
(suggested as 3 days)

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Poems Studied
George - by Hilaire Belloc
Franklin Hyde - by Hilaire Belloc
Python - by Hilaire Belloc

Composition
Unit 5 Composition: Writing a poem based on The Adventures of Isabel by Ogden Nash
(suggested as 4 days)

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With TA/Tutor

These materials are for a TA or Tutor to use with a small group of children or one child.

They support the learning in class in this unit.

Notes are provided for teacher and TA/Tutor.


Back to Lockdown?

Home Learning packs are not being created for this unit.