Hear What a Poem Does - Year 6

Hear What a Poem Does guides Year 6 learners from listening to original rain and station poems through careful comparison, evidence-based explanation and a fresh assessment. Across five 45–60-minute lessons, students quote the printed cue, explain its effect and justify how they would read it aloud. The teaching separates a poet's written pattern from a performer's pace, pause or volume. A device name alone does not replace an explanation.

What's included

• 25-page Unit Plan PDF: three-page teacher guide; colour model display and partner workshop; original mentor and rehearsal poems; low-ink guided, mixed and transfer practice; matching answer pages; fresh assessment and answer guidance; four-criterion learning-evidence rubric.
• Editable 18-slide PowerPoint presentation.
• Editable 26-slide PowerPoint quiz with 12 question/answer pairs.
• Watermarked 69-page/slide Preview PDF for product inspection.

Learning focus

Sound patterns, repetition, alliteration, sound words, rhythm and pauses; quoted evidence, effect on meaning or feeling, and justified reading decisions.

Classroom use

Whole-class modelling, partner discussion and workshop turns, guided and independent written or oral response, reading rehearsal and a fresh-poem assessment. Support can include a teacher reading and quoted-cue prompts; extension invites an original sound pattern with a craft comment.

Answers

Matching answer/marking pages follow the relevant student practice and assessment pages; quiz answers include explanations.

Teacher benefits

Original mentor and assessment poems; staged practice; a usable 12-card partner workshop; specific evidence-based marking criteria.

Digital product and licence

Digital download only; no physical product. Classroom use follows the store's purchaser terms.

Formats and page counts

Digital PDF and editable PPTX. Unit Plan PDF: 25 pages. Presentation: 18 slides. Quiz: 26 slides. Preview: 69 watermarked pages/slides.