CAMBRIDGE PRIMARY ENGLISH 6 UNIT 9 DIFFERENTIATED WORKSHEET PACK

Unit 9 Differentiated worksheet pack (9A–C):

Responding to poetry
Teacher guidance
This set of worksheets provides differentiated support for learners to respond to poetry.

How to introduce the worksheets to the class

Explain the task to the learners. They are going to practise, read and respond to
a poem answering different levels of questions.

How to encourage learners to self-select

Use the chart below to share information about the worksheets with learners.
Tell them what each worksheet asks them to do.
For Worksheet 9A say: Use this worksheet if you would like to practise reading for
explicit meaning.
For Worksheet 9B say: Use this worksheet if you would like to practise reading to
recognise poetic features.
For Worksheet 9C say: Use this worksheet if you would like to practise reading for
deeper meaning.

Differentiated
worksheet Asks learners to ... For learners who ...

9A  describe what they see need to read carefully for explicit

and read in the poem. meaning and to identify basic form.

9B  describe and respond are beginning to be able to apply their

to poetic techniques knowledge of poetic form and techniques.
used in the poem.

9C  respond to deeper, are developing confidence in reading

implicit meaning in beyond the explicit to draw inferences
the poem. and appreciate implicit meaning.

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