Autumn
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To compare and contrast poems on similar themes, particularly their form and language, discussing personal responses and preferences.
To find out more about popular poets, and use this information to move onto more poems by favourite writers. |
Poems based on common themes, e.g. the seasons
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Spring
Term |
To identify clues which suggest poems are older, e.g. language use, vocabulary, archaic words.
To identify different patterns of rhyme and verse in poetry, e.g. choruses, rhyming couplets, alternate line rhymes; read these aloud effectively. |
Classic and modern poetry, including poems from different cultures and times
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Summer
Term |
Understand the following terms and identify them in poems: verse, chorus, couplet, stanza rhyme, alliteration.
To clap out and count the syllables in each line of regular poetry.
To describe how a poet does or does not use rhyme, e.g. every alternate line, rhyming couplets, no rhyme, other patterns of rhyme.
To recognise some simple forms of poetry and their uses, e.g. the regularity of skipping songs, the chorus in songs. |
A range of poetry in different forms:
Revolting Rhymes - Three Little Pigs |
