Christmas Poetry
Unit
English
Year 5 - Year 6
Teacher of Primary
English Unit Description
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.
Unit contents
Lessons
1. Once there was a snowman
Lesson
English
Y5
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.
2. Christmas Haikus
Lesson
English
Y5
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.
3. Twas the Night Before Christmas
Lesson
English
Y5
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.
4. How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Lesson
English
Y5
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.
5. The Christmas Truce Text
Lesson
English
Y5
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.
6. Winter Time
Lesson
English
Y5
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.
Unit contents
Lessons
1. Once there was a snowman
Lesson
English
Y5
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.
2. Christmas Haikus
Lesson
English
Y5
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.
3. Twas the Night Before Christmas
Lesson
English
Y5
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.
4. How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Lesson
English
Y5
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.
5. The Christmas Truce Text
Lesson
English
Y5
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.
6. Winter Time
Lesson
English
Y5
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.