Spotlight on Poetry – Classic Poems 1 - Softcover

Moses, Brian; Orme, David

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0003103307 ISBN 13: 9780003103304

Publisher: Collins Educational, 1999

Synopsis

Spotlight on Poetry: Classic Poems offers a balanced and varied collection of classic and traditional poems from the the 17th to the 20th century, including some of the best-loved poems in the English language. Classic Poems 1 is suitable for ages 5-7 (Year 1-2/P2-3).

The Classic Poems collections feature poets such as Shakespeare, Rossetti, Walter de la Mare, Wordsworth, Blake and Auden, as well as traditional children’s rhymes and riddles. Each collection is available as both a pupil reader and as a Big Book. The readers contain all the material in the Big Book plus some additional material, for example additional poems or full versions of poems that appear as extracts in the Big Book.

Classic Poems 1 contains the following poems:
The Elephant by Hilaire Belloc
One Potato, Two Potato (Trad)
Betty Botter (Trad)
She Sells Sea Shells (Trad)
The Tickle Rhyme (Ian Serraillier)
There was an Old Man (Edward Lear)
Solomon Grundy (Trad)
Caterpilar (Christina Rossetti)
Twinkle Twinkle Little Bat (Lewis Carroll)
The Star (Jane Taylor)
The Owl and the Pussy Cat (Edward Lear)
The Pancake (Christina Rossetti)
The Whale (Lord Alfred Douglas)
Hurt No Living Thing (Christina Rossetti)
Bed in Summer (Robert Louis Stevenson)
Some One (Walter De la Mare)

There are 3 levels in each strand, corresponding to Years 1/2 (Classic Poems 1), Years 3/4 (Classic Poems 2) and Years 5/6 (Classic Poems 3).
The poems have been carefully chosen to appeal to the age ranges.

The collections meet the range of objectives for poetry and the National Literacy Strategy as specified in the Literacy Framework. They have been selected by David Orme and Brian Moses, two well-known children’s poets.

Each level is accompanied by Teacher’s Notes that link poems to objectives in the National Literacy Framework, providing creative teaching ideas and photocopiable Activity Masters.

There are two other strands in the Spotlight on Poetry series: ‘Poems Around the World’, and ‘What kind of Poem?’.

About this title

Synopsis:

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?

From the Back Cover:

Stunning new poetry anthologies especially devised and written to fit the National Literacy Framework requirements. Includes big books, smaller readers and teacher’s notes for Key Stage 1 and 2.

· The content is designed to fit the requirements of the NLF.
· All books will be fully illustrated with stunning colour artwork.

· A flexible resource which allows schools to plug the gaps left by their existing resources. But schools can also buy all three strands a a complete whole school poetry resource.
· The authors are well-known school poets and many popular and respected children’s poets will feature in all the anthologies.

About this edition

• Publisher: Collins Educational
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0003103307
• ISBN 13: 9780003103304
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 24