Australian Curriculum 9.0 Year 3 Writing Unit Poetry

Help your students understand the features of a variety of poetry types 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 AC9E3LA04, AC9E3LA07, AC9E3LE03, AC9E3LE05, AC9E3LY03, AC9E3LY09 and AC9E3LY11 elements of the Australian Year 3 English curriculum (version 9.0). Fun for students, easy for you to implement and an irresistible way to help budding authors write meaningful haikus, cinquains and diamante poems!

Bring the fun back into learning about poetry as you guide your students through the following Australian Curriculum (version 9.0) Year 3 English content descriptors:
- Describe how texts across the curriculum use different language features and structures relevant to their purpose AC9E3LA03

- Discuss how an author uses language and illustrations to portray characters and settings in texts, and explore how the settings and events influence the mood of the narrative AC9E3LE03

- Discuss the effects of some literary devices used to enhance meaning and shape the reader’s reaction, including rhythm and onomatopoeia in poetry and prose AC9E3LE04

- Use comprehension strategies when listening and viewing to build literal and inferred meaning, and begin to evaluate texts by drawing on a growing knowledge of context, text structures and language features AC9E3LY05

- Understand how to apply knowledge of phoneme–grapheme (sound–letter) relationships, syllables, and blending and segmenting to Fluently read and write multisyllabic words with more complex letter patterns AC9E3LY09

- Use phoneme–grapheme (sound–letter) relationships and less common letter patterns to spell words AC9E3LY11

The content covered in this unit includes:

- Elements of Poetry

- Literary Devices

- Cinquain Poems

- Diamante Poems

- Limericks

- Haikus

- Onomatopoeia Poems

- Assessment - students write a haiku poem and present it as a haiga.

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, 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 1 hour and that you would teach two lessons a week.

Can I share this resource with my teaching partner?

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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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