A seven-day unit for Y5 or Y6 exploring the poem ‘The Armies of the Moon’, by the amazing Ted Hughes. Once the children have unpicked the tricky vocabulary (using the presentation attached), they will love this poem about two armies fighting for domination of the moon. My classes are always very keen to create new armies for a poem of their own.

This links well with a science space curriculum focus. I have included all lesson slides and resources and teacher notes about the parts of the poem children find a little tricky, including a breakdown of each verse.

I hope you have fun with this!