Year 5 Space Unit of Work: Writing Poems in the Style of Pie Corbett

During a term of 'Space' being a Year 5 topic, all English units of work were inter-linked and planned to ensure maximum levels of understanding. Pupils gleaned high levels of 'space' knowledge and vocabulary by starting off with a non-chronological report unit of work.
After that, writing in the poetic style of Pie Corbett (Six Ways to Look at the Moon) was the next unit of work. Children learnt his poem, through the 'story-telling style.' Practising the poem through rote-learning (with actions), in order to confidently innovate (using all 'Space' knowledge from the earlier non-fiction unit.) Once modelled by teacher, children completed their own 'Moon poem.' They picked the planet they studied in the earlier unit and planned and wrote their own innovation, writing in the style of Pie Corbett.
Resources include: Picture banks of objects to compare moon / planets to, planning, modelled examples, finished children's examples, success criteria, marking ladders and modelled non-chronological reports from an earlier unit of work.