Year 2, 2015
Term One: English
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Poetry
Presentation and
Justification
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Teacher
Feedback
Assessment
Rehearse and
present poem
Assessment
Share personal connections with the
poem, referring to purpose, language,
vocabulary, thoughts and feelings. Self
reflection on presentation
Class feedback and re-teaching of necessary concepts
Hair Maclary
(narrative)
A Boy Went
Walking
(traditional
with
annotation)
Commotion
in the Ocean
(collection of
poems)
Five Little
Owls
(traditional
with
annotation)
One Giant
Cow
(reconstructi
on)
Rumble in
the Jungle
(collection of
poems)
(song –
hymm)
No homework
Dr Seuss
(Nonsense
words)
Grammar
Conventions
Handwriting
CTC
Sight
Words
Speaking
Tasks
Revise
short
vowel
actions
Two
special
memories
from your
holidays
My special
name
Nouns (noun
and noun
groups)
Titles
Introduce
exits
Aa, Hh
P23, 44
L9
sh, ch,
th
was,
the,
made,
do, or
Adjectives
Verbs
Capital letters
Kk, Ll
P25
L13
tr, str,
dr, x, qu,
nk, ng
he, for,
are,
have,
one
Synonyms
and
Antonyms
Commas
Tt, Cc
P26
L14
ck, tch,
dge,
floss, k
her,
they,
we, said,
you
Joining words
(conjunctions)
Full stops
Dd, Ee
P27
L15
Gramma
tical
endings
my,
new,
our,
well, she
Compound
sentences
Question
mark
Exclamation
mark
Assess
P28
Revise
all short
vowel
lessons
by, now,
out, two,
who
Common and
proper nouns
Editing
Numerals
P63
Revise
long
vowel
actions
over,
made,
when,
make,
some
Plurals vs
possessive
nouns
Editing
Numerals
P64
L1
If you had
a super
power
L2
Present
poems to
another
class
L3
Holidays
Plurals vs
possessive
nouns
Speech
marks
Introduce
rounded
entries
Mm, Nn
P29, 30
Rr, Xx
P31
Automatic timed repeated reading of 300 High Frequency Words
(3 times per week as a class, 1 time per week as individuals in Literacy Activities)
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Language
Spelling
H’work
No homework
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Literature
Shared
Literacy
Reading
Activities
Listen to expressive
readings of poems:
rhythmic sounds,
syllables, volume, tone,
pause, pace, facial
expression and gestures.
Guided reading, Cars and Stars comprehension, Read to Self, Read to Someone, Word Work
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Literacy
Reading, Writing and Performing Poetry: Teaching Sequence
Focus
Lesson 1
Lesson 2
Engage in Poetry
Note personal experiences
General structure – title,
Poets write for
with poems, rhymes, chants
verses, stanza
different reasons
and songs in a KWL Chart.
(purposes) and
Poems tell a story and
Features – title, message,
different groups
entertain because poets play
structure, language
(audience)
with words.
Messages in
Types: Tells a story
Topic: Identify noun/groups
Poems
(narrative), plays with words
to define the topic of a
Different types of
(nonsense), song, chants,
poem.
poems. Nouns
real, imaginary
Write a response about
give clues to the
personal poetry preference
main idea (topic)
Adjectives and
Define verbs. Identify verbs
Define adjectives. Identify
Verbs in Poems
in poems. Discuss the
adjectives in poems.
To help build the
effects of verbs in poems.
Discuss the effects of
topic, characters,
adjectives in poems.
events and
settings.
Language in
Identify sound and word
Define rhythm and syllables.
Poems
patterns. Discuss these
Identify the number of
Rhyme, rhythm,
influence the reading of the
syllables in each line.
syllables
poem
alliteration
Analysing Poems
Discuss word meanings and
Discuss illustrations and
Vocabulary and
their purpose in the poem.
how they help the
illustrations
Identify repetition.
reader/listener check for
chosen by the
Summarise the plot using
understanding
author
vocabulary from the poem.
Assessment
Assessment
Responding to
Poetry
Review a poem’s devices Comprehension on a poem
May wish to add
purpose, title, characters,
–characters, settings,
to KWL Chart
settings, vocabulary,
nouns/groups, verbs, effects
(point out growth
rhythmic, syllables,
of nouns and verbs
in learning)
Compare original and reconstruction.
Joint
Poetry
Same: Rhythmic and rhyme patterns,
reconstruction of
Reconstruction
placement of sounds and words,
original poem.
Model a reading
punctuation.
Justification:
of a poem and its
Difficult: Vocabulary (nouns/groups,
What is
reconstructed
adjectives, verbs), sound and word
entertaining and
versions
patterns, alliteration, repetition
why?
Assessment with one teacher conference
Poetry
Plan and write a poetry reconstruction
Reconstruction
Independent
Why are
you special
or
talented?
Your family
and pets
Your
heritage
Your
favourite
movie or
television
show
Your
favourite
sport or
hobby