Imagery, Symbol & Connotation Unit Plan

Build confident meaning-makers with this structured Foundation–Year 2 English unit on sensory imagery, symbols, connotation and word mood. Students learn to notice concrete clues, explain how words, colours and objects shape meaning, and create their own examples using similes, alliteration and visual storytelling.

What’s Included

• Imagery, Symbol & Connotation teaching presentation
• The Meaning Makers classroom display
• Six worksheets with answers: Sense Spotter, Colour and Mood Lab, Symbol Detective, Simile Builder, Word Mood Switch and Sound Sparks
• Mood Match Memory game
• Sense and Symbol Story Trail and Wordless Story Studio activities
• 10-question quiz with answers
• The Mystery Kite and Create Meaning assessment tasks with answer or exemplar pages
• Imagery, Symbol and Word Mood rubric

Learning Focus

• Recognise sensory language and explain the images it creates
• Interpret symbols using context
• Explore positive, negative and neutral word moods
• Connect colour with mood and meaning
• Create similes and alliteration
• Interpret wordless story sequences and support ideas with evidence

Classroom Use

Use the resource for whole-class modelling, small-group learning, partner discussion, rotations, independent work, home learning or assessment.

Resource Details

• Foundation–Year 2 English
• Focuses on imagery, sensory language, symbols, connotation, similes, alliteration and visual storytelling
• PDF and editable PowerPoint formats
• 65 pages/slides in total: 25 unit plan pages, 18 presentation slides and 22 quiz slides
• Answers included for all six worksheets, both assessment tasks and the quiz

Digital licence: For use by one teacher or household. Files may not be shared, resold or posted publicly.