Lesson Four – Poetry Writing
This English teaching pack for Key Stage One gets the children to explore how to select and compile some expanded noun phrases to use in a poem with matching alliteration word phrases describing different parts of a dragon.
The class can suggest and list effective vocabulary words that can be used to describe some different parts of a dragon such as their scaly skin and fiery breath.
Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to explore how to select and compile some expanded noun phrases to use in a poem with matching alliteration word phrases describing different parts of a dragon
Activities in this teaching pack include a template to record how to select and compile some special expanded noun phrases that can be used to describe different parts of a dragon to add to a poem about the creature when using matching alliterative phrases.
The interactive presentation gets the children to explore how to compile expanded noun phrases to use in a poem with alliteration describing a dragon.
This lesson is part of an English scheme of work to get the children to select descriptive vocabulary to use when writing poems that play with language to describe different parts of a dragon, explore the meaning of words with tion endings and practise writing extended noun phrases. 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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