Using the Senses (KS1 Poetry Unit) - teaching resource

KS1 English Teaching Resources – Poetry: Using the Senses  

Our ‘Using the Senses’ KS1 poetry teaching resource is made up of a 60-slide editable PowerPoint, 18 worksheets and detailed teacher notes (overview, lesson content and assessment opportunities).  It includes a range of teaching ideas, lessons and activities for KS1 children of all abilities.  

Contents include:

1. Talk for writing – can you name the five senses?
2. Exploring and discussing poetry - reading, listening to and talking about poems
3. Using words and phrases to describe the senses
4. Opportunities for individual, pair and group work and formal/informal assessment
5. Using photographs to stimulate discussion and description
6. Using words and phrases to describe personal experiences
7. How to describe a special place using a writing frame
8. How to plan and write a poem using the senses
9. Writing assessment task – pupils produce a simple sense poem
10. And much more!

To preview our KS1 Poetry Unit - Using the Senses click on the images from the PowerPoint opposite.

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