Classic poems 1 - Classic Poems : Stage 1

The Spotlight on Poetry series has been devised and written to meet the specific requirements of the National Literacy Strategy for pupils at KS1 and KS2 (and Scotland P1-P7).

These Teacher's Notes match the poems to the National Literacy Framework and offer a range of teaching ideas. * The selections meets the range of objectives for poetry and the National Literacy Strategy as specified in the Literacy Framework. * The poems have been put together by David Orme and Brian Moses, two well-known children's poets. * These Classic Poetry selections feature poets such as Shakespeare, Rossetti, Walter de la Mare, Wordsworth, Blake and Auden, as well as traditional children's rhymes and riddles. * The poems have been carefully chosen to appeal to the age ranges.

There are 3 levels in each strand, corresponding to KS1 (Classic Poems 1), Years 3/4 (2), Years 5/6 (3). * Literacy selections include a Big Book for shared work and six readers for guided and independent work.

The readers contain all the material in the Big Book plus some additional material e.g. extra poems or full versions of poems that appear as extracts in the Big Book. * Each level will be accompanied by Teacher's Notes which match the poems to the NLF, provide teaching ideas and photocopiable Activity Masters. * There are two other strands in the Spotlight on Poetry series: Around the World and What kind of Poem?