Poetry by Valerie Bloom
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Why this why now
This unit uses and builds on pupils' understanding and appreciation of poetry from previous units, including 'Poetry about personal experiences'. In this unit, pupils look in detail at just one poet, and think about they have developed their responses to personal experiences over multiple poems. The unit prepares pupils for their future poetry units, including 'The Final Year', where they will look at a cohesive collection of poetry.
Prior knowledge requirements
- Ability to draw upon previous reading and make connections.
- Ability to listen to and respond to other people's ideas, thoughts and opinions.
- Ability to decode text fluently at an age-appropriate level.
- Ability to infer meaning from a text.
- Ability to use strategies to support meaning-making when reading.
- Understanding of some examples of figurative language (simile, metaphor)
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Why this why now
This unit uses and builds on pupils' understanding and appreciation of poetry from previous units, including 'Poetry about personal experiences'. In this unit, pupils look in detail at just one poet, and think about they have developed their responses to personal experiences over multiple poems. The unit prepares pupils for their future poetry units, including 'The Final Year', where they will look at a cohesive collection of poetry.
Prior knowledge requirements
- Ability to draw upon previous reading and make connections.
- Ability to listen to and respond to other people's ideas, thoughts and opinions.
- Ability to decode text fluently at an age-appropriate level.
- Ability to infer meaning from a text.
- Ability to use strategies to support meaning-making when reading.
- Understanding of some examples of figurative language (simile, metaphor)
Reading, writing & oracy
Poetry by Valerie Bloom
In this unit, pupils study the poetry of Valerie Bloom. They will read a selection of Valerie's poetry, practise responding to it, and they will listen to her reading her poetry too.
5 lessons in unit
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