Year 5 / Year 6 English - Christmas Poetry Teaching Unit - a teaching unit uses a variety of poems with a Christmas theme to teach upper KS2 children how to write about poetry in detail.     The resource explores themes, structure, poetic devices, imagery, context and more. Poems studied include 'The Christmas Truce' by Carol Ann Duffy, 'How the Grinch Stole Christmas' by Dr Seuss and 'Winter-Time' by Robert Louis Stevenson. 

Context Powerpoint

Christmas Poetry Unit - Lesson 5 - Context PowerPoint

The Christmas Truce Text Worksheet

Christmas Poetry Unit - Lesson 5 - The Christmas Truce Text Worksheet

1. Once there was a snowman

Christmas Poetry Unit - Lesson 1 - Once there was a snowman

2. Christmas Haikus

Christmas Poetry Unit - Lesson 2 - Christmas Haikus

3. Twas the Night Before Christmas

Christmas Poetry Unit - Lesson 3 - Twas the Night Before Christmas

4. How the Grinch Stole Christmas

Christmas Poetry Unit - Lesson 4 - How the Grinch Stole Christmas

6. Winter Time

Christmas Poetry Unit - Lesson 6 - Winter Time

Christmas Poetry

English

Year 5

Year 6

Poetry

Christmas Poetry Unit - Lesson 5 - The Christmas Truce Text

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