WEEKLY LITERACYPLAN. CLASS 4 YEAR 5/6

WEEK BEGINNING: 03.09.07

NLS LEARNING OBJECTIVES

Y6 Strand 7 Understand and interprettexts understand underlying themes, causes and pointsof view. Understand how writers use different structures to createcoherence and impact.

Stand 8 Engaging with and responding to texts readextensively and discuss personal reading with others, includingreading in groups. Compare how writers from different times andplaces present experiences and use lang Strand 4 Drama consider impact of live performance, identifying dramatic ways ofconveying ideas and building up tension. Strand 9 Creating andshaping texts select words and language drawing on knowledgeof literary features.

RESOURCES

Focus on Lit teacher book/pupil book, silver poemon IWB, and, got and capital letter sheets, spellings, dev litY6

VOCABULARY

Simile, metaphor, personification, alliteration,assonance, syllable, rhyming pattern, verb.

HOMEWORK

Prepare list of personification words/phrases todo with mountains.

LINKS TO OTHER CURRICULUM AREAS.

Geog - mountains

WEEKLY OUTCOME:TO

MON

LEARNING INTENTION

We Are Learning To:

RECAP

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INTRO

MODELLING AND INPUT

INSET DAY

SUCCESS CRITERIA

PURPLE GP

GREEN/

BLUE GP

RED GP

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YELLOW GP

PLENARY

TUES

LEARNING INTENTION

We Are Learning To: usecapital letters and better words.

RECAP

Spelling sparkle

INTRO

Show Y5 how to play.

MODELLING AND INPUT

Introduce spell well, give out and discuss wordschosen. Look at test on IWB too many and. In groups using w/bdsdiscuss what to replace 1^st and with. Discuss whichone the best or write down 3 or 4 diff versions of same text anddiscuss which one best at end. Go through other ands and replacewith better words. Discuss use of VCOP and help mats intrays.

SUCCESS CRITERIA

Must be able to correctly use capital letters.

Should be able to use a variety of verbs.

Could use a wider variety of verbs and adjectives tomake writing more interesting.

PURPLE GP

Replace verb got in piece of text.

GREEN/

BLUE GP

Replace verb got in piece of text.

RED GP

Putcapital letters in correct places in text.

YELLOW GP

Putcapital letters in correct places in text.

PLENARY

Discuss use of better words, verbs, adjectivesetc. when to use capital letters.

WED

LEARNING INTENTION

We Are Learning To: identifymoods and feelings in poems

RECAP

Write list of verbs for moving not moving.

INTRO

What poems do they know? Or like?

MODELLING AND INPUT

Close eyes and read aloud Silver by Walter De LaMare. What scene could they picture in their mind from the desc? Dothey see town or country? What time of day? Who did they thing theywere when watching the scene and where were they? (owl in tree,someone at window?) how would they paint the scene? What feelingsdoes it give them? What is a casement? Vertically hinged window.What does couched mean? Why has poet used this and not asleep? Listgroups of words with similar sound sh she, shoon, shadowy, c/k casements, catch, couched, kennel, cote, claws, sl- slowly,silently, silver, sleeps, ee sees, trees, peep, sleep, reeds.Discuss how sound patterns create mood of stillness broken by sharplittle movements/reflections.

SUCCESS CRITERIA

Must be able to give own feelings about a poem.

Should be able to justify preferences for poems.

Could give examples of stylistic features ofpoems.

PURPLE GP

Devlit text level 6 pg 16 figurative lang and pg 30 personific usingpoem The Wind create list of features for mountains

JJ

GREEN/

BLUE GP

Draw image which Silver poem creates in head.Prepare group reading of poem (use PCM1 from lit world pg 82 forideas)

RED GP

Read other poems with personif, what human actionis being described?

LW

YELLOW GP

9:30 9:55 spelling work with Mrs Jay

PLENARY

Listen to green/blue groups reading aloud ofSilver poem. Which words have been emphasised? Give examples ofalliteration. Discuss images produced.

THURS

LEARNING INTENTION

We Are Learning To:identify moods and feelings in poems

RECAP

What is diff between personif, metaphor andsimilie?

INTRO

Re-read Silver poem.

MODELLING AND INPUT

Discuss use of alliteration. Mention importanceof enjoying the consonants and the sounds of the words in the poem.What is the theme of the poem? What overall effect is Walter de laMare tying to create by his use of language? Smooth, silent actionof moonlight gently creeping over the village. What techniques doeshe use to achieve this? Find examples of alliteration and assonance slowly/silently, couched/kennel, peers/sees/glea/reeds/stream.What is rhyming pattern? How does the rhyme scheme help overallimpression he is trying to create?

Read Xmas by Wes Magee. What metaphors andsimilies can be found? Which is the most recent poem? How do youknow? Evidence?

SUCCESS CRITERIA

Must be able to identify a rhyming pattern inpoems.

Should be able to identify alliteration used inpoems.

Could understand why a poet has used particular wordsto create moods, effects and feelings.

PURPLE GP

Draw image which Silver poem creates in head.Prepare group reading of poem.

GREEN/

BLUE GP

Unit 9 from focus on lit Year 6 pg 29 looking atXmas and Silver poems.

RED GP

10:00 10:25 spelling group with MrsJay

YELLOW GP

LW work on creating a list of human features which amountain could have head in clouds, feet on ground, mightymountain looks all around.

PLENARY

Listen to purple gps reading of poem.

Discuss word shoon (shoes) what does this tell usabout likely time of writing? Peers, why has poet used this and notlooks? Why could the moon be said to peer and not look? Why has heused moveless (not normal word) instead of still or motionless? Whydoes he use the phrase one by one?

FRI

LEARNING INTENTION

We Are Learning To:identify moods and feelings in poems

RECAP

Spelling test

INTRO

Getchdn to re-read both poems

MODELLING AND INPUT

Look for verbs to show human actions in poems.Underline on IWB. Go through powerpoints of personificationchildren giving answers on indiv w/bs or highlighting on IWB.Discuss how we could use personification to describe a mountain.Begin class personification poem.

SUCCESS CRITERIA

Must be able to find verbs in a sentence/poem.

Should be able to identify aspect of personification insentences/poems

Could produce own ideas of personification.

PURPLE GP

Begin to produce list of human actions and try tolink to mountain e.g not moving sits on its sofa of soft mossyearth.

GREEN/

BLUE GP

aspurple gp but using copymaster 9 pg 126 of focus on lit 6

green gp with LW

blue gp with JJ

RED GP

Draw image which Silver poem creates in head.Prepare group reading of poem (use PCM1 from lit world pg 82 forideas)

YELLOW GP

Draw image which Silver poem creates in head.Prepare group reading of poem (use PCM1 from lit world pg 82 forideas)

PLENARY

Write list on IWB of childrens ideas from indepwork. Explain homework task.