Twas the Night Before Christmas - Medium Term Plan

The 'Twas the Night Before Christmas' medium-term plan offers a structured approach to exploring this classic festive poem with primary school children. The first lesson kicks off with a PowerPoint presentation (PPT) and worksheets aimed at making predictions about the story. After reading the poem, students watch a video and engage in discussions to enhance their understanding. They then answer comprehension questions and create a storyboard to visualize the narrative. The lesson concludes with volunteers retelling the story to the class, reinforcing their grasp of the poem's content.

Subsequent lessons delve deeper into literary devices and vocabulary enhancement. In lesson two, the focus shifts to unfamiliar words as students learn how to use a dictionary and identify rhyming words within the poem. This is followed by a recap of the rhyming pairs they've found. Lesson three introduces adjectives, where students engage in a 'spot the adjectives' task, identify adjectives in the poem, and work on creating more descriptive sentences with the adjectives they've learned. Volunteers then share their improved sentences with the group. In lesson four, the concept of similes is explored, with activities designed to help students recognize similes in the poem and create their own descriptive sentences using this literary device. Finally, lesson five opens up a discussion on children's literature. Students are encouraged to think about their favourite books, discuss the elements that make a great children's book, and then apply this knowledge to create their own version of 'Twas The Night Before Christmas', which they complete as homework.