Animal Poetry

Year 3 – Home learning (Writing)

Week 6 : Thursday 21st

May

With Miss Down

If you see this symbol on the screen, it means I’m going to ask you to pause the video to either discuss or complete an

activity.

How many different words can you make from these letters?

Can you spot the word that uses all the letters?

po

t

o

g

ha

h

r

h

Let’s read this together…

I'm a stunning display of black and white,Contrasting stripes to captivate sight.

My mane stands up straight and proud.Every visual detail about me is loud.

Black with white stripes is what they say.This matters not; I'm beautiful either way.

Never domesticated; no, not me.I'm a zebra and I need to roam free.

Source: https://www.familyfriendpoems.com/poem/ode-to-a-zebra

Pause to read independently. What do

you notice?

Rhyming words:

Let’s practise our rhyming:

ball

fall

lietry

flat

splat lean

mean

light bite

Which of these words rhyme? Can you match up

the pairs?

shell

well

Answers: Rhyming words

ball

fall

lietry

flat

splat lean

mean

light bite

How many did you get right?

shell

well

Vocabulary planning:

What? (Nouns) Where? (Places and prepositions)

What doing? (Verbs)

What like? (Adjectives and adverbs)

creature beastreptileanimalbirdfishshellwingsscalesfurteethclawseyes

the seabeneathdeserthabitatwoodstreesabovebelowcavebeach

swimhidehopsprintplodsneaktrothuntsleepstand

brightcolourfulfurryroughlightgreensharpsoftfunenergeticlazy

Vocabulary planning with rhyme:

What? (Nouns) Where? (Places and prepositions)

What doing? (Verbs)

What like? (Adjectives and adverbs)

Today, you need to create your own vocabulary planning sheet

for your chosen animal. Try to think of words that could

rhyme with your chosen vocabulary. This will help you prepare to write your poem

tomorrow.

Vocabulary planning with rhyme:

If you need to, use this example to help you get

started!

What? (Nouns) Where? (Places and prepositions)

What doing? (Verbs)

What like? (Adjectives and adverbs)

creature beast (least)reptile animalsnake (shake)serpentscales (tails)eyestongueprey (may, say)

trees (ease, please)

slitherslide (hide, wide)wrap (nap)hunt (

bright (light, might, tight)slipperysmoothgreen (mean)

Animal Poetry

Year 3 – Home learning (Writing)

Week 6 : Friday 22nd May

With Miss Down

True or false…? (Don’t forget to prove it!)

All words ending in –ure rhyme with each other.

Different rhyming patterns:

A dainty little robin

With a ruby, red chest

Perched atop a spindly tree

Prouder than the rest.

Can you spot the rhyming words in this

stanza?

Different rhyming patterns:

Wind gently ruffling his mane,

The lion rules over the African plane.

Fierce, yellow eyes as bright as flame,

This is one creature who could never be tame.

Can you spot the rhyming words in this stanza?

Is it different to the pattern you noticed before?

Reminder:I’ll need to use my vocab

planning sheet to help me today!

What? (Nouns) Where? (Places and prepositions)

What doing? (Verbs)

What like? (Adjectives and adverbs)

creature beast (least)reptile animalsnake (shake)serpentscales (tails)eyestongueprey (may, say)

trees (ease, please)

slitherslide (hide, wide)wrap (nap)hunt (

bright (light, might, tight)slipperysmoothgreen (mean)

Rhyming animal poem:

Slithering slowly along the tree,

The emerald snake

As sneaky as can be.

Unblinking jewel-like eyes,

Waiting for prey,

A nasty surprise.

If you need to, use this example to help you get

started!