Big Thoughts for Little Thinkers Poetry Whole Class Reading

4 whole class reading lessons based on the poem Happiness from ‘Big Thoughts for Little Thinkers’, by Daniel Thompson.

Thought-provoking poem encouraging children to consider whether buying things can truly bring you happiness.

Whole class reading, paired reading, opportunity to write their own poem about plastic pollution, Q&A with the author

Reading Skills foci: summarising the main message of the poem, looking at the impact of rhythm, rhyme and word choices on delivering the message of the poem, performing a poem, imitating the poet’s style by recreating their own poem.

37-page dyslexia-friendly PowerPoint, 3 x printable PDFs, plus a PDF copy of the poem.

Extract included.

Recommended for age 8+