Haiku Poetry Y4

6 Lessons based on Haiku poetry. This unit of work contains an introductory PowerPoint, differentiated tasks to be completed in books and a range of poems to perform. 

Lesson 1 - Identify the features of a Haiku poem
Lesson 2 - Identify Haiku poems 
Lesson 3 - Create a range of vocabulary for a Haiku poem
Lesson 4 - To write sentences with similes 
Lesson 5 - Plan a Haiku poem 
Lesson 6 - Write (and perform) a Haiku poem 

Curriculum Aims 

• preparing poems and play scripts to read aloud and to perform, showing
  understanding through intonation, tone, volume and action
•  discussing words and phrases that capture the reader’s interest and
  imagination
• recognising some different forms of poetry
• Pupils should continue to have opportunities to listen frequently to stories, poems, nonfiction and other writing
• Reading, re-reading, and rehearsing poems and plays for presentation and performance
  give pupils opportunities to discuss language, including vocabulary, extending their
  interest in the meaning and origin of words. Pupils should be encouraged to use drama
  approaches to understand how to perform plays and poems to support their
  understanding of the meaning. These activities also provide them with an incentive to
  find out what expression is required, so feeding into comprehension.
• Write from memory simple sentences, dictated by the teacher, that include words and
  punctuation taught so far.
• plan their writing by: discussing writing similar to that which they are planning to write in order to
  understand and learn from its structure, vocabulary and grammar, discussing and recording ideas
• draft and write by: composing and rehearsing sentences orally (including dialogue), progressively
  building a varied and rich vocabulary and an increasing range of sentence
  structures
• read aloud their own writing, to a group or the whole class, using appropriate
  intonation and controlling the tone and volume so that the meaning is clear