In these activities for KS1 and KS2, children read Gruffalo author Julia Donaldson’s new poem ‘The Christmas Pine’ and are invited to find out more about their favourite plant and write a dramatic monologue from its perspective. A great activity for the end of term, with links to science and learning about other cultures, this plan can be completed as a class, in groups or individually. Children can follow the poem frame or make up their own structure. It can be made to be very Christmassy - or not Christmassy at all!
For added inspiration, don’t forget to read Julia’s poem ‘The Christmas Pine’, commissioned as part of The Poetry Society’s annual Look North More Often programme, and performed by three children from St Mary of the Angels Primary School here.
Illustrations by Marcus Walters.
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