Activities in this teaching pack include a shared reading text to describe the format and structure of the classic poem of Haunted Houses, by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and explain how the poet has used figurative language to express ideas and differentiated worksheets to answer comprehension questions about figurative language used in a classic poem on a specific theme for core and extension ability levels and record the meaning of vocabulary used in a classic poem to describe objects and ideas for support ability levels.

The interactive presentation gets the children explore how to read and answer comprehension questions about figurative language used in a classic poem about a haunted house.

This lesson is part of an English scheme of work to get the children to investigate and replicate the structure and format of narrative stories and poetry about different spooky and mysterious people, places and events. There are teaching activities for shared learning, differentiated worksheets to support independent learning and interactive presentations to introduce concepts and key skills.