Year 6 Poetry Unit 2 – Finding a voice

Teaching sequence phase 3

Evaluating, performing and sharing the poems created in the unit (2 days)

Teaching content:

• Evaluate and self-evaluate the poems written in the unit against agreed criteria, with particular reference to the effectiveness of the language and imagery in communicating the writer's thoughts and feelings powerfully to the reader, and to avoiding clichéd or over-sentimental images.
• Select, organise, perform and publish some of the poems or sequences of poems, remembering electronic possibilities; for example Internet posting, podcasting, alongside paper publication and wall displays. If using ICT, poems (spoken and/or written) could be linked with their stimulus digital images to form a multimodal presentation.

Learning outcome:

• Children value their own poems and those of others and enjoy sharing them.

Objectives for strands 6 and 12

Throughout the unit children should focus, as and when appropriate, on the word structure, spelling and presentation objectives identified in the first section above. As well as being integrated into ongoing activity, this will probably also involve some regular short sessions that have a specific spelling or presentation focus.

Note: A practical example of using a digital image on an IWB to stimulate language play and the collection of images can be found in ICT resources: Y6 Kennings