Titanic Poetry - set of lessons & resources Yr3/4

A set of lessons (2-3 weeks) on poetry leading the children to write their own Titanic themed poem inspired by James Reeves ‘Slowly’. This overview and set of resources was made by me, it is based on Bob Cox’s quality writing ideas & section on James Reeves. The slow picture to do a slow reveal with and ask ch to annotate (lesson 1-2) is in this book. A link is available below:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/s?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=bob+cox

Some of the poems and ideas presented are quite tricky for the children, this is about spending quality lengths of time on understanding and exploring which will lead to the children producing quality poems. The children in my class produced amazing poems well beyond their ability!
Includes:
Exploring other poems/poets
Exploring the features of poems
Practicing the literary techniques of poetry - assonance, denouemont, personification, alliteration, adverbs etc
Exploring the concept of slow/slowly
Imagining what would be moving slowly/quickly on the Titanic
Writing a draft and class poem
Writing a final piece

In one lesson the ch watch clips of ‘Titanic’ and ‘A night to remember’ DVDs, annotating pictures on what is happening quickly or slowly. Parents permission must be sought.

Email me any questions. Enjoy!