This English reading teaching pack for Key Stage One gets the children to read and answer comprehension questions about vocabulary used in a classic poem about ghosts. The class can identify some of the special vocabulary used to describe the appearance, movements and sounds of ghosts.

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Learning Objectives

Discussing and clarifying the meanings of words, linking new meanings to known vocabulary. Making inferences on the basis of what is being said and done.

Learning Outcomes

I can explain why and how poets used special vocabulary in a poem. I can suggest why and how things happened in a poem on a specific theme.

Ghosts

Teaching sequence to help the children read and answer comprehension questions about vocabulary used in a classic poem about ghosts

Ghosts

Shared reading text to help the children identify and describe the structure and format of a classic poem and explain how the poet uses vocabulary to describe ghosts

Ghosts Questions

Activity to help the children read and answer comprehension questions about vocabulary used in a classic poem about ghosts

Ghosts Sentences (support)

Activity to help the children to select vocabulary that can be used to complete sentences showing vocabulary used in a classic poem about ghosts

Ghosts

Interactive activity to help the children read and answer comprehension questions about vocabulary used in a classic poem about ghosts

Download this teaching pack including a shared reading text, activity worksheets and an interactive presentation to teach the children to read and answer comprehension questions about vocabulary used in a classic poem about ghosts

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