TERM 4 ENGLISH OVERVIEW
Week Focus
1 Parts of speech
What is poetry?
Develop an understanding of what
poetry is
2 Parts of speech
Types of poetry
Understand the different types of
poetry
3 Parts of speech
Elements of poetry
Understand the rules of poetry
4 Parts of speech
Analysing poetry
Learning the structure of poetry
5 Sound Devices
What are sound devices
6 Sounds Devices
Exploring poetry
Using sound devices in poetry
7 Writing - narratives
Exploring poetry
Looking at poetry in depth
Weekly Process
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- Prefixes/ suffixes
- Nouns/ verbs/ adjectives
- Sentences/ dictionary meanings
Writing/ poetry
- Start holiday recount planning (Sheena Cameron worksheets)
- Start looking at poetry
- You Tube video What is poetry
- Discussion in pairs what is poetry to you? Share ideas as a
class
- Look at elements of poetry power point
- Put example poem on board what do they notice about
poem
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- Type up holiday recount
- Refresher on elements of poetry
- Looking at the different types of poetry - powerpoint
- Students will write an acrostic poem and kenning
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- Look at parts of speech worksheet
- Looking back on elements of poetry powerpoint
- Structure of poetry worksheets
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- Analysing poetry powerpoint
- Analyse different poems as a class and in pairs/groups
- Students will find a poems and will analyse that poem
individually find websites with poems for guidance
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- This week will be a focus on sound devices to get students
prepared for using sound devices in poetry next week
- Each student will create a small pocket book to keep in their
tray with all the different sound devices with meanings and
examples
MID-TERM POETRY ASSESSMENT
- Students will be given a series of poems that they will need to
analyse and write what type of poem they are
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- Nouns/ verbs/ adjectives
- Write a kenning and an acrostic poem
- 5 dictionary meanings
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- Analysing poetry using sound devices worksheet
- Analysing other poems in depth
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- Revisit narratives in the next two weeks using fairy tales
- Looking at poetry in depth getting prepared for assessment
 8 Writing narratives
Exploring poetry
Looking at poetry in depth
9 Writing
Poetry Assessment
10 Writing
Poetry Assessment
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- Looking at narratives using fairy tales
- Start planning for assessment poetry pieces
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- Time to finish narratives if needed
- Continue on with poetry assessment scaffolded instruction
for writing an ode and a ballad
No spelling this week
- Continue on with assessment task

Year 5 Achievement Standard

Receptive modes (listening, reading and viewing)

By the end of Year 5, students explain how text structures assist in understanding the text. They understand
how language features, images and vocabulary influence interpretations of characters, settings and events.
When reading, they encounter and decode unfamiliar words using phonic, grammatical, semantic and contextual
knowledge. They analyse and explain literal and implied information from a variety of texts. They describe how
events, characters and settings in texts are depicted and explain their own responses to them. They listen and ask
questions to clarify content.

Productive modes (speaking, writing and creating)

Students use language features to show how ideas can be extended. They develop and explain a point of view about
a text, selecting information, ideas and images from a range of resources.
Students create imaginative, informative and persuasive texts for different purposes and audiences. They make
presentations which include multimodal elements for defined purposes. They contribute actively to class and group
discussions, taking into account other perspectives. When writing, they demonstrate understanding
of grammar using a variety of sentence types. They select specific vocabulary and use accurate spelling and
punctuation. They edit their work for cohesive structure and meaning.