KS: Upper KS2
Year Group: Year 5
Literary Theme: Mystery & Truth
Author(s): Joseph Coelho
This is a 15-session Literary Leaf for Overheard in a Tower Block in which children begin by identifying some of the poetic and figurative language before picking apart themes and retrieving information. Through studying a range of poems, children will be introduced to the skill of summarising and will look at words in context to identify meanings in detail.
We chose this book for a Literary Leaf as it is a powerful collection of poems threaded together through the environmental context presented. The themes presented within are subtle, powerful and moving and, as a collection, provide an astonishing yet very real narrative about life in the city.
City, family, London
KS: Upper KS2
Year Group: Year 5
