In this text based, 5 session English planning, pupils use the night sky as inspiration to write a shared class alphabet poem. They add their own verse to a moonlight senses poem and make an imaginative ‘starry list’ verse for display, using -ed verbs.

All aspects of poetry from the national curriculum in reading, spoken language and writing composition will be covered across the full set Au1-Su2.

National curriculum skills for this unit:

Spoken language:

• Ask relevant questions
• Maintain attention and participate actively in collaborative conversations
• Speak audibly and fluently

Reading comprehension:

• Discuss word meanings, linking new meanings to those already known
• Draw on what they already know
• Check that the text makes sense
• Participate in discussion about what has been read to them

Writing composition:

• Compose a sentence orally before writing it
• Discuss what has been written with the teacher or other pupils
• Read aloud their writing clearly enough to be heard by their peers and the teacher

For schools that use Pathways to Write, this unit aligns with the Su1 set 1 unit.

Poems for this unit can be found:

In Our Earth is a poem by Little Tiger (Duskingtide)

Online (Comet}

Included in the unit (Telescope)

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