Year 3 - English
Reviewing handwriting using another poem
Building fluency in silent letters, homophones, and common exception words
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Unit Summary
In this unit, pupils practise their handwriting with a focus on increasing legibility, consistency and quality. They practise writing words with silent letters, homophones and common exception words. The unit culminates in pupils applying their handwriting skills to reviewing and copying poems.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to correctly copy out a poem in cursive handwriting.
Key Notes
- A kenning poem is a poem constructed using a series of kennings to describe a person, object, or concept.
- Each line of the poem starts on a new line and with a capital letter.
- After forming a capital letter, you need to lift your pencil to start the next part of the word.
- Each letter string contains different letter joins depending on which letters are in the word.
- You don't lift your pencil when forming the joins.
Vocabulary To Learn
- poem: a piece of writing that uses creative and rhythmic language to express thoughts, feelings or ideas, often with a specific structure or pattern
- kenning poem: a poem constructed using a series of kennings to describe a person, object, or concept
- join: how the letters are connected together
- letter string: a group of letters that are written together in a word
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- When copying a poem, children can forget where the new line is or where a capital letter is needed.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain this English learning goal in two key points.
A kenning poem is a poem constructed using a series of kennings to describe a person, object, or concept. Each line of the poem starts on a new line and with a capital letter.
2. Define this language term and use it in a sentence. 'poem'
a piece of writing that uses creative and rhythmic language to express thoughts, feelings or ideas, often with a specific structure or pattern.
3. Correct this common English misunderstanding.
Mistake: When copying a poem, children can forget where the new line is or where a capital letter is needed. Correction: Model to the children that you must take time to review the poem first before copying it. Where are the new lines? Where are the capital letters? Is there any punctuation needed? This will help to prepare them for copying.
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