a piece of writing that uses creative and rhythmic language to express thoughts, feelings or ideas

a big idea, topic or message that recurs within a text

British English CC

Learning about the poet Joseph Coelho

English

Reading and responding to 'Miss Flotsam' by Joseph Coelho

Introduction to 'MORERAPS' by Joseph Coelho

Reading and responding to 'MORERAPS' by Joseph Coelho

Writing a structured poem in response to 'MORERAPS' by Joseph Coelho

Reading and responding to 'If All The World Were Paper' by Joseph Coelho

Reading and responding to 'I Am A Writer' by Joseph Coelho

Joseph Coelho poetry: learning and reciting a poem by heart

Generating a plan for a letter to be written to Joseph Coelho

Writing a letter to Joseph Coelho

In this unit, pupils have analysed several poems by Joseph Coelho, looking for any similarities and common themes. In 'Poetry inspired by weather’, pupils will follow a similar path, but using the poet John Lyons. 

In 'Humourous Poetry’, pupils looked at a range of poems and how the poets used poetic devices to create humour. In this unit, pupils will focus on Joseph Coelho's poems and how he creates humour in his poems. ’

In this unit, pupils read, respond to and perform a variety of poems by Joseph Coelho from the collection 'Werewolf Club Rules'. They learn about the poet, and write their own structured poem in response to 'MORERAPS' and a letter to Joseph Coelho about his poetry.

Poet focus: 'Werewolf Club Rules' by Joseph Coelho

True or false? A poem is a piece of writing that uses creative and rhythmic language to express thoughts, feelings or ideas.

Fill in the blank. Joseph Coelho is a famous ...

Fill in the blank. Joseph Coelho grew up in a __________ in Roehampton.

What is the name of Coelho's first published book of poetry?

Which of these books written by Joseph Coelho are picture books?

True or false? In 2022, Joseph Coelho won the prestigious title of Children’s Laureate.

True or false? Fiction is writing which is made up or imagined.

Which of these are types of fiction writing?

True or false? A non-fiction book contains facts.

Fill in the blank. A poet is the name for someone who writes ...

What do we call it when there is a similarity of sounds between the ending syllables of words?

Learning about the poet Joseph Coelho

Lesson outcome