Archaic Poetry - Whole Class Guided Reading Lessons

These lessons use the poems: O Autumn, Autumn! by Effie Lee Newsome and Autumn by Alexander Posey. Both poems are in the public domain.

The lessons were planned as Whole Class Guided Reading lessons. They were planned for Years 3/4 but due to the difficult nature of archaic poetry the lessons would suit Years 5/6 as well. Each lesson is approximately 30 to 45 minutes long and there are 3 lessons for each poem.

For both series of lessons the children stuck a copy of the poem into their books so they could annotate the poem as we discussed it throughout the week.

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