This text provides a range of structured and progressive activities which focus on the part that poetry plays in the English programme of study for Key Stage 2 and Scottish levels C-E. It aims to develop children as readers, writers and performers of poetry. Although the book does not attempt to prescribe an order in which the activities can be taught, they do become progressively more demanding within each section. It includes sections on reading and shared poetry, writing poetry, using a pattern and playing with forms. The use of IT is highlighted throughout and many poems are provided as photocopiable. Also included is built-in differentiation, activities for assessment and photocopiable worksheets.

 

This book is part of a book series called Curriculum Bank .

This book is suitable for Key Stage 2. KS2 covers school years 4, 5 and 6, and ages 8-11 years. A key stage is any of the fixed stages into which the national curriculum is divided, each having its own prescribed course of study. At the end of each stage, pupils are required to complete standard assessment tasks.

There are 160 pages in this book. This book was published 1999 by Scholastic .

Moira Andrew is a former headteacher and College of Education lecturer. She is currently a freelance writer and a 'poet-in-schools'. Moira writes poetry for adults as well as children. She also writes teacher's books, children's stories and early reading books and is one of our Letterland Reading At Home authors. Her publications include titles in the Belair Teacher's range and she has written for Longman, Puffin, Heinemann, Scholastic, Ginn, Nelson and OUP.