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Lesson Two – Firework Lists

This English teaching pack for Key Stage One gets the children to explore how to create lists of descriptive vocabulary words that can be used to describe some of the special sounds made by different fireworks on Bonfire night.
The class can explain and model how to sort words into matching groups to show the different sounds that can represent the actions of fireworks.
Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to explore how to create lists of descriptive vocabulary words that can be used to describe some of the special sounds made by different fireworks on Bonfire night
Activities in this teaching pack include display posters to identify vocabulary words that can be used to describe the sound of different fireworks and a set of cards to select and group sets of special words that can be used to show the sounds that can represent the actions of fireworks.
The interactive presentation gets the children to explore how to create lists of descriptive vocabulary words that can be used to describe sounds made by different fireworks on Bonfire night.
This lesson is part of an English scheme of work to get the children to select special vocabulary for sights and sounds to use when composing poems describing different fireworks used by families on Bonfire Night. 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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