The Lady of Shalott
The Lady of Shalott - KS2 English Unit of Work
This Year 5/6 unit of work for Tennyson's The Lady of Shalott contains a 144-slide PowerPoint presentation and 22 worksheets. It is based on the 1842 version of the poem, covers many key areas required by the National Curriculum, and includes a range of activities for students of all abilities.
Contents include:
- Activities to develop general knowledge and understanding of the poem’s narrative
- Studying the use of setting and descriptive language
- Analysing the characters of the Lady of Shalott and Sir Lancelot
- Comprehension questions (with answers) to assess children's understanding as you go
- Studying metaphors, onomatopoeia and pathetic fallacy and learning how to use these devices in written work
- Cloze, storyboarding and sequencing tasks to consolidate understanding
- Awareness of context - King Arthur, myths and legends explored
- Themes - activities to discuss loneliness and isolation
- How to write about poetry using P.E.E.
- Creating a children's storybook version of The Lady of Shalott
- A range of videos to help with contextual understanding
- Empathetic writing - The Lady's diary
- An essay writing task
- A copy of the 1842 version of the poem
To preview this unit of work in more detail click on the PowerPoint images.
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