A River by Marc Martin - Year 5 Unit of Writing

A Year 5 Hampshire inspired Learning Journey for A River by Marc Martin. This medium term plan comprises of 12 lessons with a clear writing outcome for a poem about a river. The plan is able to be downloaded as a Word and pdf document to allow easy editing. The lesson resources and flipchart can also be brought separately.

Learning Intentions include:

• Cold Write.
• To make predictions and justify my answers.
• To compare the text to the poem ‘The River’ by Valerie Bloom.
• To discuss the words that capture the reader’s interest.
• Site of Application (diary entry).
• To use personification for description.
• To use metaphors and similes for figurative language.
• Apprentice Write.
• To plan a poem.
• To write a poem.
• To edit my work.