Alphbetical order & using a dictionary. 'The Dictionary Bird' by Margaret Mahy.

Famous Poets Unit. 8 poetry lessons + worksheets & crafts

This eight week unit will introduce students to poems by significant and well-known poets. Students will be exposed to a variety of poems and taught core language skills, such as, creative writing, language features and reading comprehension. Topics covered in this unit: • nouns • verbs • adjectives • rhyming words • antonyms • analysing poems • personification • reciting poetry • alphabetical order • nonsense poetry This unit can also be used to prepare students for a poetry recital, as the poems are all suitable for reading out loud by younger students. Each poem comes with teaching notes and worksheets. Each lesson is designed to fit in a one hour teaching block. The craft activities will take an extra 30 minutes. Included poems: *The Sound of Words *by Glen Colqhoun (NZ) *The Wind* by Christina Rossetti *Falling Up* by Shel Silverstein *Daffodowndilly* by A. A. Milne *The Swing* by Robert Louis Stevenson *The Dictionary Bird* by Margaret Mahy (NZ)* *Now We Are Six* by A. A. Milne *Eletelephony* by Laura Richards Please note: you will need to have access to your own copy of some of the poems. A blank page with appropriate images is included for you to write the poem on if needed.