Year 3 Term 1
Poetry: Observation and senses
Objectives 9, 12, 13
 
Resource Title
  Tournament in Kids' Castle: Poetry: Observation & Senses  
 
Type of Resource
  Link to Kids' Castle  
 
Project
  Kids' Castle  
 
Summary
  This section features information and a selection of pictures about tournaments (move your mouse over the picture of the castle and click tournament when it appears).  
 
URL of project
 

http://www.kidsonthenet.com/castle/tourn.html

 

 
In the Classroom
 

Use these as starting points for poems. Use brainstorming to generate suitable words and phrases. Think about word patterns etc.

 
 
Online activities, instructions or forms
  Send poems to the site using the form provided  
 
URL of online activities
  http://www.kidsonthenet.com/castle/fm_tourn.html   
 
Extension activities URL
     
 
Linked activities
  Read more poems at http://www.kidsonthenet.com/create/read.cfm  
 
Keywords for extensions: Adaptations for different age groups and abilities, special needs
  Acrostic Poetry for younger children writing a sentence for each line
Acrostic Poetry for older children using a single word per line that conveys the theme of the poem.
Build shape poems and fill the shape with words relevant to the poem.
Experiment with haikus.
 
 
External Links
  http://www.poetryzone.ndirect.co.uk/  

 
NLS framework objective (Year)
   
 
NLS framework objective (Term)
     
 
NLS framework objective (Number)
  9, 12, 13  
 
NLS framework objective (Name)
  To generate ideas relevant to a topic by brainstorming, word association, etc
To investigate and collect sentences / phrases / for story openings and endings – use some of these formal elements in re-telling and story writing
To collect suitable words and phrases, in order to write poems and short descriptions; design simple patterns with words, use repetitive phrases, write imaginative comparisons
 
 
Year group(s) UK - Starting Year group range
     
 
Ending year group range
     

 
Curriculum Links
  English, Literacy, History  
 
ICT Skills
 

Word Processing
Webforms

 
 
Teacher experience level
  Basic  
 
Length of time required
  2 - 3 lessons  
 
Resources required
  Examples of poetry  

 

 

 


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