This English teaching pack for Key Stage Two gets the children to select and answer a range of different comprehension questions to illustrate the themes and ideas that are presented in a classic poem by Emily Dickinson.

The class can explain and model how to use simile and metaphor when creating figurative images to describe objects and ideas in a poem about a train journey.

Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to select and answer a range of different comprehension questions to illustrate the themes and ideas that are presented in a classic poem by Emily Dickinson

Activities in this teaching pack include a shared reading text to investigate how poets can use language to express themes and ideas in a poem and a worksheet to select and answer comprehension questions to illustrate the themes and ideas that are presented in a classic poem.

The interactive presentation gets the children to explore how to answer comprehension questions to illustrate the themes and ideas that are presented in a classic poem by Emily Dickinson.

This lesson is part of an English scheme of work to get the children to investigate the common structures and features of a range of different types of stories and poems. There are teaching activities for shared learning, differentiated worksheets to support independent learning and interactive presentations to introduce concepts and key skills.

  • Ordering and Changing

    Ordering and Changing

    Explore and record how to order three digit numbers by the place value of their digits and how the digits in a number change their numerical values when finding ten and one hundred more or less

  • Changing Hundreds

    Changing Hundreds

    Explore and record the matching number sums that are one hundred more and less than different three digit numbers to show changes to the place values of their numerical digits

  • Digit Changes

    Digit Changes

    Identify and record the matching number sums that are ten less than different three digit numbers by illustrating changes to the values of their hundreds, tens and ones digits

  • Changing Numbers

    Changing Numbers

    Identify and record number sums that are ten more than different three digit numbers using abacus diagrams to model their changing values