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The Department for Education website includes lots of information on teaching poetry. Click on the easy links below to save you navigating the whole page. An apology: Until recently, the links below were hosted on the National Strategies website, but were then moved, so we apologise if you have been directed to generic pages, hopefully the issue is now solved! Poetry types Unit 1 – Using the Senses Unit 2 – Pattern and Rhyme Unit 3 – Poems on a Theme Good examples of PET POEMS from ‘Poems, Beans and Chips!’ for Year 1: Kiki, Part-time Pets, The Wild Hamster, Last In The Pet Shop Good examples of FOOD POEMS from ‘Poems, Beans and Chips!’ for Year 1: Tentacles And Chips, The Banana Family, Ham, Egg and Chips Unit 1 – Patterns on the Page Good examples of PATTERNED POEMS from ‘Poems, Beans and Chips!’ for Year 2: When Brian Eats His Breakfast, School Newsletter, Biscuit Girl, Uh Oh, Gymnaccident, My Little Brother Loves Dinosaurs, Whatever Happened To The Lollipop Lady? Unit 2 – Silly Stuff Good examples of SILLY POEMS and other humorous texts that play with language from ‘Poems, Beans and Chips!’: The Banana Family, School Newsletter, Where’s That Homework?, Ham, Egg And Chips Unit 1 – Poems to Perform Good examples of performance poems from ‘Poems, Beans and Chips!’ for Year 3: Biscuit Girl, Anger, My Mum Yelled At Me This Morning, The Register, Disa-Beard, Is It Me?, Mood For Mischief, Uh Oh, Tentacles And Chips Unit 2 – Shape poetry and Calligrams Unit 3 – Language Play Good examples from ‘Poems, Beans and Chips!’: Where’s That Homework?, Ham, Egg and Chips, I’m Not Good At Anything, Tentacles And Chips Unit 1 – Creating Images Good examples of appropriate poems from ‘Poems, Beans and Chips!’: The Hunter, Part-time Pets Unit 2 – Exploring Form Good examples of PERFORMANCE POEMS from ‘Poems, Beans and Chips!’ for Year 4: Biscuit Girl, Anger, My Mum Yelled At Me This Morning, The Register, Disa-Beard, Is It Me?, Mood For Mischief, Uh Oh, Yes Miss Mason, Part-time Pets, Midnight Feast, Tentacles And Chips Unit 1 – Poetic Style Good examples from ‘Poems, Beans and Chips!’: My Mum Yelled At Me This Morning, Yes Miss Mason, Ham, Egg And Chips Unit 2 – Classic / Narration Poems A good example here is 'The Highwayman'. Unit 3 – Choral and Performance Good examples of PERFORMANCE POEMS from ‘Poems, Beans and Chips!’: Biscuit Girl, Anger, My Mum Yelled At Me This Morning, The Register, Disa-Beard, Is It Me?, Mood For Mischief, Uh Oh, Yes Miss Mason, Part-time Pets, Midnight Feast, Tentacles And Chips Unit 1 – The Power of Imagery Unit 2 – Finding a Voice Y6 Additional Text-based units - 'Sensational!' by Roger McGough There are lots of brilliant classic children’s poems that can be accessed on-line. Here are just a few. The Jabberwocky by Lewis Carroll Our book is available from:
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