This English teaching pack for Key Stage One gets the children to select and record vocabulary words that can be used to describe the shapes, colours and patterns seen on different fish to utilise when composing poems.

The class can model how to use the collected vocabulary words to create a shape poem describing the appearance and movements of one fish that might live in the sea.

Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to select and record vocabulary words that can be used to describe the shapes, colours and patterns seen on different fish to utilise when composing poems

Activities in this teaching pack include display posters to identify vocabulary that can be used to describe different types of fish, a shared reading text to explain how to structure and format a poem to describe fish living in the sea, a vocabulary word bank to choose special vocabulary to use in poetry when writing about a fish and a template to use when making a shape poem about a type of fish.

The interactive presentation gets the children to explore how to select vocabulary to describe shapes, colours and patterns of different fish to use in poetry.

This lesson is part of an English scheme of work to get the children to identify and collect different vocabulary words to use when composing poems about the appearance, movements and sounds made by a range of animals. 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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