The Iron Man. Poetry Writing Unit. LKS2 Year 3 and 4 Literacy

We are ExcitEd to share a 1 week literacy unit. Complete planning and resources for 5 lessons focused on writing poems based on the opening pages of ‘The Iron Man’ by Ted Hughes. Intended for LKS2, years 3 and 4.
This unit is week 1 of a 6 week scheme of work.

All materials are included

• Detailed Planning
• Daily PowerPoint lesson presentations
• Worksheets and activities.
  Only a copy of the book ‘The Iron Man’ by Ted Hughes is needed in addition.

All lessons are differentiated. Daily literacy starter activities are also included (All starter activities are reading comprehension related for this week.)

Lesson 1 is whole class reading comprehension which ensures that children are familiar with the first chapter of the book as this is what the poetry is based upon, this also acts as a ‘hook’. Children will be excited to find out what happens next.

Lesson 2 looks at the text in more detail and children are required to generate questions about the Iron Man.

Lesson 3 introduces the use of adjective and adverbs and for a greater challenge, adverbial openers

Lesson 4 looks at the use of similes in description and writing descriptive sentences which will be used in children’s poetry.

Lesson 5 is an independent writing lesson where children use the skills they have developed over the previous lessons to write their own question and answer poem about the Iron Man.

This resource is part of a bigger scheme of work based on the whole book. The whole scheme is available as a bundle at a discounted price.

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