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Everything English, including original poetry and short stories to analyse and use as examples.
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Everything English, including original poetry and short stories to analyse and use as examples.
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Easter Poetry - The Victor
An imaginative poem about what happened to Jesus between his death on the cross and ascension to heaven.
Easter Sonnet
An English sonnet (14 lines, 10 syllables each line, rhyming pattern abab cdcd efef gg). An evocative description of a spiritual encounter at an Easter vigil.
Poetry - Capture Me
Lesson Plan, Teacher answer sheet, students’ worksheet & Powerpoint of the poem. Teaching points on metaphor, the poet’s voice and imagery.
Students’ tasks include a cloze procedure to enable them to choose vocabulary and carefully consider the meaning. This is followed by comprehension questions and an opportunity to respond with own creative writing on a similar theme. The work here should take a full double lesson plus a homework session.
Poetry - Paint it Yellow - a Sonnet
Lesson plan, Teacher’s answer sheet, Power Point of poem & students’ worksheet.
Teaching points on author’s voice, colour symbolism, metaphors and the English sonnet form.
Students’ work includes: a cloze procedure to enable them to choose correct vocabulary and think about the choice of words; comprehension questions to answer and a creative writing task.
Students are given information about a basic sonnet form and encouraged to work in pairs to create their own sonnet.
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A Half Term's English work (Yr 4 - 5) based on Charlie & the Choc Factory.
A half term’s English work based on ‘Charlie & the Chocolate Factory.’ This year 4 / 5 set of lessons includes different types of creative writing, letter writing, comprehension & punctuation exercises.
There is also an extension worksheet presenting an example of Hillaire Belloc’s Cautionary Tales (Matilda) and one of Aesop’s fables (The Boy Who Cried Wolf).
This could be used as the basis for further research. The lesson plans suggest you record feedback of students’ work - which if annotated on the plan would be a great aide-memoire for report writing at the end of the year. There are also suggestions for displays.
The inclusion of lesson plans is very beneficial and a great time saver, although they can obviously be adapted to support your school’s preferences. This bundle could save you many hours of work!
Poetry - Tell Me
Lesson plan, teacher’s answer sheet and students’ worksheet. Powerpoint of the Poem.
A lyrical poem exploring the emotions of lost love.
The worksheet starts with a cloze procedure exercise, which helps the students to study the language of the poem and select the most meaningful words.
The questions that follow focus on imagery, including personification and metaphor, inference, the use of repetition and the progress of the poem.
Poetry - Elvis Bought Me a Cadillac
Lesson plan,
Student’s worksheet with cloze procedure exercise and comprehension questions,
Teacher’s answer sheet.
An original and humorous poem based on an idea garnered from a documentary about Elvis Presley buying Cadillacs for random strangers, as well as friends.
Cloze procedure is an excellent method for teaching poetry, as students have to consider the words they are choosing very carefully, and make sure they make complete sense. Students think about the vocabulary used much more thoughtfully after completing this type of activity.
Questions include topics of alliteration, interpretation and use of repetition and words conveying vehemence to add emphasis.
Students are also tasked with practising reading with intonation in order to creat a dramatic effect both individually and in pairs.
Cautionary Tales - Hilaire Belloc & Aesop's Fables
Lesson plan & student handout .
Excellent extension work for young people who have read ‘Charlie & the Chocolate Factory.’
A brief history of Cautionary Tales and Hilaire Belloc and also Aesop’s Fables, referencing their influence upon Roald Dahl.
Reading material = The poem ‘Matilda’ & ‘The Boy Who Cried Wolf.’
Tasks include comparing the two texts, completing some independent online research and writing their own cautionary tale from a selection of subjects.
Punctuation Assessment & Answer Sheet
Lesson plan, assessment worksheet and answer sheet.
Test students’ ability to proof read and correctly use speech marks, commas, full stops, question marks, exclamation marks, capital letters, as well as their ability to paragraph dialogue.
The addition of an answer sheets means students can self and peer mark.
Using speech marks to punctuate direct speech - Links to 'Charlie ....'
Lesson Plan & worksheet explaining the rules for punctuating direct speech.
Exercises to fill in the punctuation and then create own dialogue.
Some of the sentences in the exercises reference characters in ‘Charlie & the Chocolate Factory.’
Commas - with links to characters from 'Charlie & the Choc Factory.'
Lesson plan and worksheets containing rules for using commas, an exercise to fill in the missing commas and an exercise to create own sentences using commas.
Writing Questions - linked to Charlie & the Choc Factory
Lesson plan & worksheets.
Students have to formulate questions to complement given statements.
Informal Letter from Charlie - final chapter of Charlie & the Choc Factory
Lesson plan and template for an informal letter. Suggestions for content for each paragraph.
Business Letter from the Teavees - Charlie & the Choc Factory Ch 27
Lesson plan and handout giving a template with ideas for each paragraph of a business letter.
Cloze Procedure Formal Letter - Ch 27 Charlie & the Choc Factory
Lesson plan plus handout.
Students receive a cloze procedure letter as an example of a formal letter from Mike Teavee’s father to a solicitor. They have to read carefully in order to select the correct word for each gap. This letter can also be used as an example for them to produce their own version later.
Writing an Ode to a character from Charlie & the Choc Factory
Lesson plan and handout with an original ode included.
Using the example to discuss qualities of an ode and why this one is ironic.
Students gather information and use this to compose an ode - either independently or in pairs.
Descriptive writing based on Ch24 Charlie & the Choc Factory
Lesson plan and worksheet based on chapter 24 about Veruca Salt.
Students gather information from the poem about Veruca and questions stimulate discussion about what it means to be ‘spoilt.’
Discussion re the difference between being ‘demanding’ and ‘manipulative.’
Students write own account.
Analysing an example newspaper report & writing own report
Lesson plan plus two handouts. Students read an example of a newspaper report about Augustus and answer some questions about it.
Using this as a template, students are asked to write their own article about Violet and her mishap. Questions encourage students to look at layout, headlines and subheadings, interviews and reporter bias.
Comprehension & Creative Writing Ch 19 The Inventing Room
Lesson Plan & comprehension questions based on Chapter 19 ‘The Inventing Room.’
Complete a descriptive writing exercise.