Conflict Poetry
This English scheme of work for Key Stage Two gets the children to explore how different poets use figurative language in poetry to illustrate and compare themes and ideas about conflict to other objects and emotions. The class can practise composing similes and metaphors to use in poems about conflict.
Wilfrid Owen
Investigate and edit a poem by a significant poet that uses figurative language to reflect themes and ideas about aspects of conflict that occurred during the first world war
In Flanders Fields
Practise selecting special vocabulary words to extend and develop a poem describing themes and actions connected to events that happened during the First World War
Charge of the Light Brigade
Explore how to select and compose example similes and metaphors to describe different features and aspects of a narrative poem about an event that happened between armies
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Environment
Identify and describe some of the special landscapes and locations that can be found in the world and reflect on how they can be protected and preserved for the future
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Silent Letter Words
Explore and illustrate the meanings and spellings of some different words with silent letters when using them in a range of topics and scenarios
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Complaint Letters
Explain and model how to format and structure writing when composing letters of complaint about different issues and scenarios
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English Spelling Assessment
Assess abilities in spelling different vocabulary words based on the National Curriculum programmes of study for Key Stage Two