Easter Puzzles

This English teaching pack for Key Stage One gets the children to practise writing and presenting mystery poems using descriptive language to describe some of the different things that can be seen and used at Easter.
The class can select and produce vocabulary lists containing words describing the appearance and function of something connected to Easter such as eggs and baby chicks.
Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to practise writing and presenting mystery poems using descriptive language to describe some of the different things that can be seen and used at Easter
Activities in this teaching pack include a shared reading text to identify and define vocabulary words used in an example poem to describe an object connected to Easter and a set of cards to select and record vocabulary words that can be used when composing a poem describing different objects used to celebrate Easter.
The interactive presentation gets the children to explore how to write mystery poems using descriptive language to describe different things seen and used at Easter.
This lesson is part of an English scheme of work to get the children to practise selecting and using special vocabulary words to compose poems that play with language when describing things that represent Easter celebrations. There are teaching activities for shared learning, differentiated worksheets to support independent learning and interactive presentations to introduce concepts and key skills.
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