Poetry using Literature Works Developing Understanding Through the

Enjoyment of Reading Poetry

Professional Practice Development Group

• Rationale• Focus• Needs• Plan, do, review

What we did Why are we here?

• Explore/develop current practice in relation to poetry development• Develop an enquiry around your own classroom issue• Identify an effective teaching sequence and strategies in order to resolve

your issue

Discussion

In pairs, discuss:• What are your reasons for focussing upon poetry?• What would you like to develop in your classroom?• Why?

Reading and talk

• Enjoyment and understanding, helping to reach a common understanding of the text(s)• Personal responses and expressing their views fully justifying opinions and giving reasons for their choices

Approaching the poems• 4-6 themed texts identified ahead of teaching

and linked to ’topic’ • Sequence texts across the half term ‘before’, ‘during’, ‘after’ approach • Identification of reading comprehension

strategies • Focussed objective(s)

Plan your enquiry• What would you like to try?• How will this support overall learning in your class?• What issue(s) might these strategies help you resolve?• Plan your teaching sequence• Identify the strategies you wish to use• Identify possible success criteria and pupil outcomes

Westerhope Primary

How class teachers have demonstrated the children using ambitious vocabulary both in spoken and written language. This has come from reading all genres of texts where poetry has formed a part of this.

In my class I have focused on poetry as a way to begin my science topics to stimulate interest and questions and have made it a focus of our Key stage assemblies by compiling an anthology of poems we have shared.

In my class I have also focused on a lot of Pie Corbett poetry as the language is rich but often unusual and we are using a lot of his talk for writing anyway.

Bridgewater Primary

Monster Theme

Carol Ann Duffy, ‘The Hat’, whole class text.

Vocabulary

Lemington RiversideWillow Pattern by Tony Mitton•Why I chose this•Activity 1•What worked•Pupil outcomes and progress•Before, During and After

Themed poems – Carol Ann Duffy, ‘The Hat’ and leading to themed poems from one of hers that the children had enjoyed. Science linked poems about the skeleton, history linked poetry about chimney sweeps or using a poetry book as our class text, e.g. ‘Read Me Out Loud’ chosen by Nick Toczek and Paul Cookson.

• Subtext and inference of a poem.

• What is the story before the poem took place?

• What I do to ‘get discussion going’?

• Words they don’t understand and developing vocabulary.

• Investing time in reading leads to better writing outcomes

• Teacher modelling what good reader’s do.

Outcomes

• Reading for Pleasure

• Increased reading stamina

• Progress, attainment and achievement

Poetry policyPoetry an integral part of school improvement planning