Orchard Primary

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Orchard Primary & Pre-School

"Small enough to care, Big enough to inspire"

Writing

Well done for working hard last week on your poetry! I hope you are enjoying it as much as we are! Looking forward to reading your finished poems at the end of the week

Monday - Expanded Noun Phrases In this lesson we will explore the definition of expanded noun phrases and associated word classes. We will then identify and use expanded noun phrases in sentences.

Tuesday - Generating Vocab In this lesson, we recap the tone and theme of John Lyons' poems 'Carib Nightfall' and 'Dancing in the Rain'. We will then create word maps of vocabulary to use in our own poems about nature and weather.

Wednesday - writing a free verse poem In this lesson we will use our word maps and example poems from John Lyons to write our own free verse poems about nature and weather.

Thursday - developing vocab In this lesson, we will recap the tone and themes of John Lyons' poems 'Carnival Jumbie' and 'Carnival Dance Lesson'. We will then create senses word maps to describe what we might see and hear at a carnival to use in our own poems.

Friday - Writing your poem In this lesson we will use our senses word maps and inspiration from John Lyons' poems to write our own poems about a carnival. We will include a rhyming refrain and will perform to a beat or rhythm.

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