This text-based, 5 session English planning poetry unit will allow your pupils to enjoy and play with the beautiful language used by Francis Hodgson Burnett in her classic novel ‘The Secret Garden’. All aspects of poetry from the national curriculum in reading, spoken language and writing composition will be covered across the full set Au1-Su2.

For schools that use Pathways to Write, this unit aligns with the spring 1 set 1 unit.

Poems for this unit are included with the resources.

National curriculum skills for this unit:

Spoken language:

• Ask relevant questions
• Build vocabulary
• Articulate and justify answers
• Give well-structured descriptions, explanations and narratives
• Use Standard English

Reading comprehension:

• Identify and discuss themes and conventions
• Prepare poems and plays for performance
• Learn poetry by heart
• Draw inferences (characters’ feelings, thoughts and motives); justify with evidence
• Identify how language, structure and presentation contribute to meaning
• Participate in discussion about books

Writing composition:

• Enhance meaning through selecting appropriate grammar and vocabulary
• Describe settings, characters and atmosphere
• Distinguish between the language of speech and writing
• Choose the appropriate register
• Perform own compositions using appropriate intonation, volume and movement

For schools that use Pathways to Write, this unit aligns with the spring 1 set 1 unit.

Poems for this unit are included with the resources.