English Unit: Poetry
This Poetry unit provides a great introduction to early years poetry. The unit will take you through examples of a Haiku, Shape, Acrostic, Tanka, Cinquain and Limerick poems, demonstrating the structure as well as providing opportunities to create your own. The unit also provides numerous worksheets for each poem to practise the skill of writing each style of poem as well as an Australian Curriculum aligned assessment to test knowledge and understanding at the conclusion of the unit.
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Learning goals
- We are learning to identify, reproduce and experiment with rhythmic, sound and word patterns in poems, chants, rhymes and songs.
Curriculum alignment
EN1-1A
old
Communicates with a range of people in informal and guided activities demonstrating interaction skills and considers how own communication is adjusted in different situations
EN1-OLC-01
new
Communicates effectively by using interpersonal conventions and language to extend and elaborate ideas for social and learning interactions
EN1-VOCAB-01
new
Understands and effectively uses Tier 1, taught Tier 2 and Tier 3 vocabulary to extend and elaborate ideas
EN1-UARL-01
new
Understands and responds to literature by creating texts using similar structures, intentional language choices and features appropriate to audience and purpose
Australian Curriculum covers QLD / SA / WA / NT / TAS / ACT.
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