The Key Stage 2 Poetry Pack
By Alan Peat
(Questions Publishing Company) Price £17.95

Many teachers are devoting substantial amounts of time searching for resources to meet the objectives for teaching poetry as specified in the National Literacy Strategy. This pack has been specifically developed to include a selection of poems which can be used to meet all the Key Stage 2 requirements for poetry writing. As a teaching aid it will save valuable time by explicitly linking each poem to one or more of the objectives. A 'Notes for Teachers' section accompanies each poem and includes both suggestions for using the poem with either a whole class or a a group, and extension activities.

All of the poems in the pack have been used in school workshops with KS2 children - most are written by Alan Peat, but the collection also includes poems by Colin McNaughton and Michael Rosen. All poetry styles are covered, including rhyming and non - rhyming, haiku, expanding / contracting poems, shape poems, rap and free verse. Alan also includes five writing frames to help children to structure their responses to poems effectively.