Classic and Narrative Poems The Highwayman Alfred Noyes Planning

Lots of powerpoints and planning for this Classic poem.

Sample planning :

Genre: Poetry Unit 2 – Classic/Narrative poems.
Focus Texts: ‘The Highwayman’ by Alfred Noyes. ‘Maggie and the Dinosaur’ by Dave Ward. ‘The Works’ (poetry anthology) by Paul Cookson. ‘The Puffin book of utterly brilliant poetry’ (Anthology) edited by Brian Patten.

Objectives
Primary Framework 7. Make notes on and use evidence from across a text to explain events or ideas
7. Compare different types of narrative and information texts and identify how they are structured
7. Explore how writers use language for comic and dramatic effects
8. Compare the usefulness of techniques such as visualisation, prediction and empathy in exploring the meaning of texts
3. Understand the process of decision making
Learning/Writing outcome: Investigate the structure of narrative poetry. Compose an extra verse to a classic poem. Work as part of a group to perform a poem and to evaluate performances.
LO: Whole Class Shared Learning
Guided and Independent Activities: Plenary:
T Read and investigate a narrative poem. Prepare to share a narrative poem from an anthology: Maggie & the Dinosaur, p463 in The Works by Paul Cookson.
Explain that an Anthology is a collection of poems specially chosen by a person: an anthologist.
Highlight that Narrative poems are poems which tell a story. Point out that not all narrative poems have the same structure although each poem will probably have its own! They often have many verses just like a song, with each verse telling the next part of the story.

Ask the children to respond to the narrative poem we shared. Which parts, lines & words did they enjoy the most? Did they like the way that the poem was read? Narrative poems are often long so they need to be read in a way that keeps the audience interested from start to finish. Just like a good story reader would make a story sound interesting.
Children to be split into mixed ability groups of four and given copies of two poems: