My friend Horace: Poetry Cover

My friend Horace: Poetry

Differentiated text and activities

This unit consists of three differentiated versions of the same text plus a page of related activities. The poem is about a fantasy character called Horace and includes various poetic devices such as rhyme, simile and repetition. The activity page includes comprehension and vocabulary questions based on the text and evaluative questions to prompt higher order thinking skills. Selected answers are provided.

Topics: Poetry
Themes: Animals
Years: Year 2, Year 3 | Pages: 4 | Code: E0593-05

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John Murray

John Murray graduated in 1997 with a BEd (Hons) in English and communication at the University of North Wales. He has worked extensively with primary school children from a wide variety of backgrounds, including children who have difficulties communicating with others and children whose first language is not English.

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