Dragon Poems chosen by John Foster
Next steps: find accessible poems on topics of particular interest and begin to discuss their meaning.
Ideas | |
| 1. | Read 'St George and the Dragon' (page 8). Ask pupils to tell you what happens in the poem, then say what they thought would happen when St George met a dragon. |
| 2. | Read 'Storm' (page 15). Ask pupils to explain why the storm is like a dragon. Compare other objects with a dragon, e.g. a fire-engine, a rocket. Ask pupils to write their own poems. |
| 3. | Read 'No Smoking' (page 16) and 'St George and the Dragon' (page 8). Both dragons are unexpectedly gentle. Ask pupils to write poems where a gentle creature is surprisingly fierce. |
| 4. | Ask four pupils to learn two verses each of 'Dragon' (pages 2-3) by heart. Have fun presenting the poem to the class from memory. |
Series:
Glow-worms
Reading Stage:
Glow-worms Stage 10-11
Book Band:
KS2 Y3 (P4) Brown