Your pupils will be exploding with poetic language after exploring our Volcanoes Poetry Comparison Guided Reading Pack. Children will begin by reading two very different style poems before answering a range of different style questions. We've encouraged children to think about the impact different phrases have on the reader, as well as why certain words may have been used. An additional task also requires children to find the meaning of new and unusual vocabulary.

Year 5 and 6 National Curriculum Objectives

* maintain positive attitudes to reading and an understanding of what they read by continuing to read and discuss an increasingly wide range of fiction, poetry, plays, non-fiction and reference books or textbooks

* maintain positive attitudes to reading and an understanding of what they read by learning a wider range of poetry by heart

* preparing poems and plays to read aloud and to perform, showing understanding through intonation, tone and volume so that the meaning is clear to an audience

* understand what they read by identifying how language, structure and presentation contribute to meaning

discuss and evaluate how authors use language, including figurative language, considering the impact on the reader