Understanding Poetry
From BBC Teach
Resource type: Lesson plans and teaching aids
Price band: Free
Key stage: KS1, KS2
Region(s): All of UK
Understanding Poetry is a 10-part video series for KS1 and KS2 from BBC Teach’s Primary Resources collection. The videos are each around 3-4 minutes long and star current Waterstone’s Children’s Laureate Joseph Coelho. He explores the following topics:
- How to perform poetry
- How to express yourself with poetry
- How to have fun writing poetry
- How to write poetry about your life
- Playing with words
- How to understand a poem
- Does poetry need to rhyme?
- Poetry formats
- Making pictures with words
- How are music and poetry connected?
For each video, there is a video summary with accompanying suggestions for teachers about how to use the video in class.
Cost: Free
About BBC Teach: BBC Teach provides access to thousands of free curriculum-linked videos, activities and resources for primary and secondary school teachers.
Literacy Hive Likes:
- Joseph Coelho is an engaging presenter whose own enthusiasm for poetry will inspire pupils.
- The videos demonstrate how poetry can be used to support a wide range of literacy skills.
- Differentiated teaching notes for KS1 and KS2 are provided, including suggested poetry reading lists.
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