This Full Unit Plan on The Sound Collector is a 3-week poetry sequence, aimed at Year 3.  You will need a copy of the poem ‘The Sound Collector’ by Roger McGough. It is in several anthologies, including All the Best: The Selected Poems of Roger McGough by Roger McGough and illustrated by Lydia Monks, published by Puffin, ISBN: 978-0141316376.

It can also be found online, including the poet himself reading the poem at Roger McGough reads ‘The Sound Collector’.

It follows the School Literacy Network (SLN) writing process: Read – Immerse – Analyse – Plan – Write – Revise – Share.