
Explore The Swing by Robert Louis Stevenson with differentiated KS2 guided reading activities, teaching slides and a YouTube video reading.
Designed for Years 3–4, this pack develops retrieval, vocabulary and inference skills while exploring repetition, rhyme and the speaker’s enjoyment of swinging. Pupils practise supporting their ideas with evidence from the poem.
Includes:
- Three differentiated worksheets: multiple choice, supported written responses and extended challenge
- A numbered poem with vocabulary support
- Teacher answers and extended response guidance
- A 60-minute lesson plan with learning intentions, success criteria and assessment opportunities
- A 14-slide editable PowerPoint with modelled answers, discussion prompts, teacher notes and an online YouTube video
Suitable for whole-class poetry lessons or guided reading groups. Includes an editable Word pack and printable PDFs. The online video requires internet access and school access to YouTube; its link is also included in the lesson planning.
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