Opening Doors to Famous Poetry and Prose

Opening Doors provides 20 units of work which includes poetry and prose from our literary heritage. Each unit of work has exciting stimulus material with creative suggestions for ways in which the material can be used for outstanding learning possibilities.

Opening Doors provides 20 units of work which includes poetry and prose from our literary heritage. Each unit of work has exciting stimulus material with creative suggestions for ways in which the material can be used for outstanding learning possibilities. Visuals and innovative ideas to help pupils' access the meaning and wonder of the text which will add to the appeal. Pupils are encouraged, throughout the units of work, to engage with language, invent questions and write with flair and accuracy, bringing literature from the past alive for them and opening doors to further reading and exploration. Also included is an introduction to the concepts used in the book and suggestions about a range of methods and pathways which can lead to language development and literary appreciation. Although the units are all different and have a range of poetry and prose for teachers to use, each unit will have some common sections to give a coherent and ambitious approach. Opening Doors both informs and excites, it gives fresh resources and suggests new ways of going on the journey to outstanding literacy achievement. For 7-11 year olds.

Contents include:
Part 1: Opening doors to poetry
1. Voices on the Sharp Air 'The Call' by Charlotte Mew
2. Sunset Great City' by Harold Monro
3. The Abbot and the Rover 'The Inchcape Rock' by Robert Southey
4. Sickness 'The Land of Counterpane' by Robert Louis Stevenson
5. Paths of Mystery 'The Path' by Edward Thomas
6. Zero at the Bone 'Snake' by Emily Dickinson

Part 2: Opening doors to prose
7. Moon Seeds The First Men in the Moon by H. G. Wells
8. A Ghastly Waxwork Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
9. Through Beauty's Eyes Black Beauty by Anna Sewell
10. Code Breaking A Journey to the Centre of the Earth by Jules Verne
11. Playing Cards in Wonderland Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
12. Windswept Pavilion 'The Pavilion on the Links' by Robert Louis Stevenson
13. The Face and Hands of a Vampire Dracula by Bram Stoker
14. Fire at Thornfield Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
15. Whirlpool! 'Descent into the Maelstrom' by Edgar Allan Poe

Part 3: The other side of the door: poetry for writing
16. The Crag and the Sea 'The Eagle' by Alfred, Lord Tennyson
17. Images in a Candle Flame 'Old Furniture' by Thomas Hardy
18. Horses Born with Eagles' Wings 'The Pied Piper of Hamelin' by Robert Browning
19. I Shot an Arrow 'The Arrow and the Song' by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
20. Cat Moments 'The Kitten and Falling Leaves' by William Wordsworth