Taking LKS2 - Poetry Outdoors

Exploring forms of poetry

LO: To explore different forms of poetry.

National Curriculum Objectives covered:

Reading: To recognise some different forms of poetry.
Reading: To discuss words and phrases that capture the reader’s interest and imagination.

The main activity of this outdoor lesson will have your children exploring a poetry trail to recognise some of the different forms of poetry. This lesson focuses on children working collaboratively and discussing their ideas.

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Composing a poem

LO: To compose a ‘found poem’, making choices about vocabulary, mood and form.

National Curriculum Objectives covered:

Reading: To recognise some different forms of poetry.
To discuss words and phrases that capture the reader’s interest and imagination.
Writing: To discuss writing similar to that which they are planning to write in order to understand and learn from its structure, vocabulary and grammar.
To assess the effectiveness of their own and others’ writing and suggest improvements.
To read their own writing aloud, to a group or the whole class, using appropriate intonation and controlling the tone and volume so that the meaning is clear.

During this outdoor lesson your children will look closely at different poetry and through discussion of words and phrases, choose their own to create a 'found' poem. This lesson will enable your children to judge the effectiveness of their chosen vocabulary.

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Evaluating vocabulary choices

LO: To collect descriptive vocabulary to use in our writing, and to evaluate vocabulary choices.

National Curriculum Objectives covered:

Reading: To recognise some different forms of poetry.
To discuss words and phrases that capture the reader’s interest and imagination.

Carry out an exploration of your outdoor environment and natural spaces to inspire children to use descriptive vocabulary and evaluate their word choices in the context of poetry. This lesson is low resource and requires no preparation!

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Creating a syllabic poem

LO: To compose a poem using a syllabic form.

National Curriculum Objectives covered:

Reading: To recognise some different forms of poetry.
To discuss words and phrases that capture the reader’s interest and imagination.
Writing: To draft and write by composing and rehearsing sentences orally, progressively building a varied and rich vocabulary and an increasing range of sentence structures.
To read their own writing aloud, to a group or the whole class, using appropriate intonation and controlling the tone and volume so that the meaning is clear.

Deepen your children's understanding of syllables and how to use them to create a unique form of poetry. As part of this outdoor lesson children will apply what they have learnt across the unit to create, rehearse and perform an outdoor inspired poem.

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LKS2 - Poetry

Exploring forms of poetry

LO: To explore different forms of poetry.

National Curriculum Objectives covered:

Composing a poem

LO: To compose a ‘found poem’, making choices about vocabulary, mood and form.

National Curriculum Objectives covered:

Evaluating vocabulary choices

LO: To collect descriptive vocabulary to use in our writing, and to evaluate vocabulary choices.

National Curriculum Objectives covered:

Creating a syllabic poem

LO: To compose a poem using a syllabic form.

National Curriculum Objectives covered:

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