**Guided Reading and English are intertwined this week. 

This week we are focusing on poetry and will be writing our very own winter poem.**

_________________________________________________________________________

Monday 13th December 2021

Guided Reading

LO. To become familiar with a piece of poem.

This is one of my favourite poems!

Today you need to:

Read the poem.

Then read the poem out loud.

Then think about the questions below:

1) What do you like or dislike about the poem and why?

2) What is the purpose of the poem- why might someone choose this poem?

3) Why would someone choose to read this poem at this time of year?

English

LO. To analyse the structure and features of a poem.

We are now going to take a closer look at the poem and its features! Using the mindmap below, make notes and annotate around the poem identifying the different features.

____________________________________________________________________________

Tuesday 14th December 2021

Guided Reading.

LO. To identify how vocabulary contributes to meaning.

Read the text again, then read the text out loud. 

Are there any words that you are unsure of? Could you find them in a dictionary?

When you have finished, answer today's questions- which are below.

English

LO. To gather vocabulary for a winter poem

Now that we have analysed the features of the poem, we are now going to gather vocabulary to create the foundations of planning our very own winter poem. Using the table below, create a bank of vocabulary that describes winter.

_________________________________________________________________________

Wednesday 15th December 2021

Guided Reading.

LO. To explain how features impact the way a poem is read.

Read the text again, then read the text out loud. 

Could you time yourself for 1 minute. How far did you get?

When you have finished, answer today's questions- which are below.

English

LO. To use personification to add effect

Have a look at the PowerPoint below. You will need to have all of the vocabulary. that you gathered from yesterday. You are now going to give the features you identified of winter human characteristics. This is called personification. You may also use the personification mat to give you some ideas of how to do this effectively.

____________________________________________________________________________

Thursday 16th December 2021

Guided Reading

LO. To make inferences from a poem

Read the text again, then read the text out loud. 

In this lesson, I would like to think about whose voice is talking in the poem. What are they trying to say? Who are they talking to? 

When you have finished, answer today's questions- which are below.

English

LO. To draft a poem.

We are now going to put all of our learning together and create your very own version of the poem we have been learning about. Using all of your amazing vocabulary gathering from Tuesday and learning about personification on Wednesday, you will be able to create an amazing version of your own poem.

___________________________________________________________________________

Friday 17th December 2021

Guided Reading.

LO. To retrieve information from more than one paragraph.

Read the text again, then read the text out loud. 

This time, we are going to focus on retrieving information from the text.

When you have finished, answer today's questions- which are below.

English

LO. To publish and perform your poem

Check the spellings of the vocabulary that you have used in your version of the poem.

Then publish it in your neatest handwriting, you may want to add a wintery border around the edge of your poem.

I would love to see a video of you performing your poem, you could email me this.