Unit F – Poem Mysteries

This English scheme of work for Key Stage Two gets the children to explore and adapt vocabulary used in a narrative poem to describe characters and settings, practise adding vowel suffixes to words ending in fer and learn when to use semi-colons to punctuate lists based on The Highwayman by Alfred Noyes.

Explore and adapt vocabulary used in a narrative poem to describe characters and settings

Lesson One : Word Building

Select and match different roots and vowel suffixes to build a range of words that can be used to describe a poetry character

Lesson Two : Mystery Lists

Practise using colons and semi-colons to compose lists in sentences about mysterious characters and creatures

Lesson Three : Poetry Verse Changes

Model how to adapt and change the mood in a verse from a poem about a mysterious character

Lesson Four : Highwayman Letter

Compose a letter to a character from a poem describing what could happen next in the story.

Lesson Five : Highwayman Escape

Compose a new verse for a narrative poem illustrating an alternative ending scene for the characters

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