Australian Curriculum 9.0 Year 2 Writing Unit Poetry

Help your students understand how to write creative poems with this unit plan and activity bundle. Bring your writing lessons to life as the unit plan walks you through everything you need to thoroughly cover the AC9E2LA03, AC9E2LA09, AC9E2LA10, AC9E2LE04, AC9E2LY01, AC9E2LY02, AC9E2LY03, AC9E2LY06, AC9E2LY08, AC9E2LY09, AC9E2LY11 element of the Australian Year 2 English curriculum (version 9.0). Fun for students, easy for you to implement and an irresistible way to help budding authors write a descriptive poem using alliteration and personification!

Bring the fun back into learning about poetry as you guide your students through the following Australian Curriculum (version 9.0) Year 2 English content descriptors:
- Identify how texts across the curriculum are organised differently and use language features depending on purposes AC9E2LA03

- Experiment with and begin to make conscious choices of vocabulary to suit the topic AC9E2LA09

- Recognise that capital letters are used in titles and commas are used to separate items in lists AC9E2LA10

- Identify, reproduce and experiment with rhythmic sound and word patterns in poems, chants, rhymes or songs AC9E2LE04

- Identify how similar topics and information are presented in different types of texts AC9E2LY01

- Use interaction skills when engaging with topics, actively listening to others, receiving instructions and extending own ideas, speaking appropriately, expressing and responding to opinions, making statements, and giving instructions AC9E2LY02

- Write words legibly and with growing fluency using unjoined upper-case and lower-case letters AC9E2LY08

- Manipulate more complex sounds in spoken words and use knowledge of blending, segmenting, phoneme deletion and phoneme substitution to read and write words AC9E2LY09

- Use knowledge of spelling patterns and morphemes to read and write words whose spelling is not completely predictable from their sounds, Including high-frequency words AC9E2LY11

The content covered in this unit includes:

- What is poetry?

- Elements of a poetry

- Alliteration

- Shape Poems

- Personification

- Acrostic Poems

- Rhyming Words

- Rhythm and Repetition

- Rhyme Schemes

- Couplet Poems

- Assessment: Students create a poetry portfolio on stars. This links with their learning in Science: Patterns in our Sky

Your purchase includes:
- Unit Plan - this unit follows a scaffolded literacy approach where by rich texts are used to model writing skills. Some internet links are provided in some lessons to support the lesson content. In particular, links to the suggested literature (being read out loud) in the unit have been included, in case you don't have access to a hard copy of the book. Internet connection will be required for these lessons.

- Assessment Rubric

- Activity Bundle - this activity bundle includes a variety of activities including activity sheets, hands-on activities, posters and a suggested assessment activity.

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FAQ

How many lessons are included in this unit?

There are 20 lessons in this unit. It is anticipated that each lesson would go for about 45 mins - 1 hour. It is also anticipated that time would be allowed for two lessons per week.

Can I share this resource with my teaching partner?

No. This product is for personal use only. Multiple licences are available for use among more than one person.

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Disclaimer:

This unit plan is a guide only. Teachers should use discretion when implementing. some questions have been provided to help guide students thinking but more specific questions should be added to develop conversation and deeper learning. Students should be encouraged to ask questions themselves as well.

Please note: internet and YouTube access are required to follow the unit plan.

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