Planning Teacher models filling in a Planning Sheet . Report Writing Teacher and students discuss the criteria for their report writing . Students draft , edit and proof read their report. Conference with teacher before publishing. The teacher selects and shares with the students poems written in the acrostic and diamond form .
Students respond orally to the ideas and images.
Teacher and class discuss and list the language and structural features. Teacher and students identify the criteria and possible topics for such poems. Teacher models and guides the students through the steps and composition of the poem. Students select their topic. Students have available data they have previously worked on, eg.