Year 5/6 Henry VIII Poem and Reading Comprehension - Six Wives

A poem consisting of 8 stanzas that explains Henry’s sixth wives. Good cross-curricular link between English, poetry writing and history. Poetry contains examples of alliteration, repetition, metaphor, rhyme and rhythm.

First stanza sample:
Henry wanted a male heir
A bouncing baby son
Katherine of Aragon couldn’t give him one
So Henry told her they were done.
“I’ll find another wife,” he said
And consigned her to the bin
And before his poor first wife was dead
He was chasing Anne Boleyn.

Comprehension consists of 15 SAT style questions ranging from:

• true/false
• fact/opinion
• chronological ordering
• retrieval
• inference
• GPS (finding a metaphor)
• features of poetry

All answers are included at end of document for ease of marking.