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.
Unit 1 Core: Study a classic narrative Poem: The Walrus and the Carpenter
(suggested as 4 days)
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Animated Tale
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Poems Studied
‘The Walrus and the Carpenter’ by Lewis Carroll
Unit 2 SPaG: Adverbials for adding information about time, cause and place
(suggested as 3 days)
Lesson Planning
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SPaG: Grammar and Punctuation
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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
Unit 3 Comprehension: Exploring Hilaire Belloc’s Cautionary Tales
(suggested as 4 days)
Lesson Planning
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They support the learning in class in this unit.
Notes are provided for teacher and TA/Tutor.
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You Will Need
Poems Studied
‘Matilda’ by Hilaire Belloc
‘Jim’ by Hilaire Belloc
‘Henry King’ Hilaire Belloc
‘Algernon’ Hilaire Belloc
Unit 4 SPaG: Understanding and Using Modal Verbs and Adverbs of Possibility
(suggested as 3 days)
Lesson Planning
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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.
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SPaG: Grammar and Punctuation
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Poems Studied
George - by Hilaire Belloc
Franklin Hyde - by Hilaire Belloc
Python - by Hilaire Belloc
Unit 5 Composition: Writing a poem based on The Adventures of Isabel by Ogden Nash
(suggested as 4 days)
Lesson Planning
TAs & Tutors / Home Learning
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.
You Will Need
Poems Studied
‘The Adventures of Isabel’ by Ogden Nash
Weblinks
Wikihow page 'How to Rhyme'
Ogden Nash reads 'The Adventures of Isabel'
Animation and reading of 'The Adventures of Isabel'