Download this popular two-week unit for Year 5 based on classic performance poetry.
A two-week literacy unit of work for Year 5, containing lesson plans and pupil resources, looking at some of Tennyson's vivid poetic imagery of sea monsters and war heroes.
In this unit pupils will:
- read and listen to classic poems by Alfred Lord Tennyson
- research the historical and literary context of the poems
- engage imaginatively with poetic language
- create their own sea monster poem inspired by 'The Kraken'
- turn a narrative poem into a comic strip
- identify poetic devices in the poem and explain their effects
- express the mood of a poem through performance
- prepare and give a performance to an audience
The poems include 'The Kraken' and 'The Charge of the Light Brigade'
The performance at the end of the unit would be perfect for World Poetry Day or to use in a poetry performance or assembly.
A two-week literacy unit of work for Year 5, containing lesson plans and pupil resources, looking at some of Tennyson's vivid poetic imagery of sea monsters and war heroes.
In this unit pupils will:
- read and listen to classic poems by Alfred Lord Tennyson
- research the historical and literary context of the poems
- engage imaginatively with poetic language
- create their own sea monster poem inspired by 'The Kraken'
- turn a narrative poem into a comic strip
- identify poetic devices in the poem and explain their effects
- express the mood of a poem through performance
- prepare and give a performance to an audience
The poems include 'The Kraken' and 'The Charge of the Light Brigade'
The performance at the end of the unit would be perfect for World Poetry Day or to use in a poetry performance or assembly.
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A very thorough resource - to tricky as it is for my class
Brilliant! Thanks for uploading :)
Fantastic resource - so much to get through and really thoroughly planned. Thanks so much.
A fabulous resource - very detailed and thorough, with engaging activities for students - a time saver!
A fantastic resource, thank you for sharing :)
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