Description
Book SynopsisDeveloping Reading Comprehension Skills Years 5-6: Classic Poetry is a flexible teaching resource designed to give children a greater understanding of poems, and to increase their confidence in answering questions about poems in the KS2 SATs.
It introduces children in upper Key Stage 2 to carefully selected classic poems, which have stood the test of time. Their meaning is universal and timeless: as true now as it was when they were first written.
The resource will help pupils to develop a love of poetry by introducing them to a world where playing with language is the norm and there are a multitude of right answers. Through exploring the language and themes of the poems, pupils will find out more about themselves and the world around them.
The activities help to guide children through the poems, providing them with opportunities to understand the poet''s choic
