Planning and Activities
Poetry
English Year 5 Summer Poetic Language
Poems about the Sea
Read and write powerful poems about the sea and the Titanic, including Hardy’s Convergence of the Twain. Revise word classes, noun phrases and adverbials.
Start with the core unit to introduce key texts. Then select from comprehension, SPAG and composition units.
Unit 1 Core: Introduction to imagery techniques in sea poems
(suggested as 4 days)
SPaG: Grammar and Punctuation
There is no spelling and grammar presentation for this unit.
You Will Need
Poems
(All provided in resources)
Sounds of the Sea by James Berry
Seashell by James Berry
Song of the Seashore by Daphne Lister
Little Fish by D.H. Lawrence
The Sea’s hands by George Szirtes
The Cave's Mouth by George Szirtes
Who Makes Her Own Bed? by Grace Nichols
The Sea by James Reeves
The Ocean’s Blanket by Carol Ann Duffy
Website
Sea sounds from www.YouTube.com
Unit 2 SPAG: Revise word classes: sea myths
(suggested as 3 days)
Planning and Activities
SPaG: Grammar and Punctuation
You Will Need
Poems
Long, Lone by Russell Hoban (see resources)
Presentations
Grammar PowerPoint: Word Classes
Unit 3 SPAG: Expanded Noun Phrases: Shipwrecks
(suggested as 3 days)
Planning and Activities
SPaG: Grammar and Punctuation
You Will Need
Poems
The Kraken by Alfred Lord Tennyson (see resources)
Presentations
Grammar PowerPoint: Noun Phrases
Unit 4 Comprehension: The Titanic and Hardy’s The Convergence of the Twain
(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
The Convergence of the Twain by Thomas Hardy (see resources)
Websites
Animated Tale presenting The Convergence of the Twain by Thomas Hardy from player.hamilton-trust.org.uk
Titanic facts and figures from www.bbc.com
Unit 5 SPAG: Adverbials to link paragraphs about the Titanic
(suggested as 3 days)
Planning and Activities
SPaG: Grammar and Punctuation
You Will Need
Websites
Trailer for 1997 film Titanic (stop at 60 seconds) from www.YouTube.com
Titanic facts and figures from www.bbc.com
Presentations
Grammar PowerPoint: Adverbials to Link Paragraphs
Unit 6 Composition: Write a poem about the sinking of the Titanic
(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
The Convergence of the Twain by Thomas Hardy (see resources)
Websites
Animated Tale presenting The Convergence of the Twain by Thomas Hardy from player.hamilton-trust.org.uk
Titanic facts and figures from www.bbc.com