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Year 2

'The Magic Box': reading imaginative poetry

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  • Appreciation of poetry

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In this unit, pupils read and respond to three different imaginative poems by different poets. They will write their own imaginative poems following the same structure as 'The Magic Box'. Finally, pupils will perform their own poems to an audience.

This unit builds on the Y1 unit, 'Poetry: Nursery Rhymes', where pupils were introduced to several different nursery rhymes and began to explore the poetic devices used. In this unit, they will build on this by extending the repertoire of poems they've read and responded to and by looking at more poetic devices, such as similes. Pupils use Kit Wright's poem, 'The Magic Box', as a stimulus for writing their own imaginative poems. This unit prepares pupils for the future unit, 'Humorous Poetry', where they will build on their experience of poetry by exploring humorous poems by different poets.

  1. Reading and responding to 'Wide Open' by Rachel Rooney
  2. Reading and responding to 'If You Could See Laughter' by Mandy Coe
  3. Reading and responding to 'The Magic Box' by Kit Wright
  4. Writing your own imaginative poem
  5. Performing your own imaginative poem

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