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Year 6 · English

Make Comparisons Of Texts

Year 6 learners practise comparing two poems.

The activities include Compare Two Poems: 'The Echoing Green' and 'The Chimney Sweeper', Compare Two Poems: 'Wind on the Hill' and 'The Wind Begun ...'. The checked support below includes teaching, worksheet, video, lesson. Open a resource in its provider's website and choose the format that best helps the learner explain the idea independently.

Activities covered

  • Compare Two Poems: 'The Echoing Green' and 'The Chimney Sweeper'
  • Compare Two Poems: 'Wind on the Hill' and 'The Wind Begun ...'

Checked learning resources

  • BBC Bitesize: Poems

    BBC Bitesize · Teaching · Opens on the provider website

    BBC KS2 Poems support for comparing two poems.

  • William Blake: The Echoing Green

    Wikisource · Teaching · Opens on the provider website

    Public-domain source text includes William Blake's complete poem The Echoing Green for close reading and direct comparison with The Chimney Sweeper.

  • William Blake: The Chimney Sweeper

    Wikisource · Teaching · Opens on the provider website

    Public-domain source page provides William Blake's The Chimney Sweeper from Songs of Innocence for close reading and direct comparison with The Echoing Green.

  • Poems: Comparing - KS2 Ages 10-11 Worksheet

    GreatSchools · Worksheet · Opens on the provider website

    Verified KS2 ages 10-11 worksheet requiring pupils to compare two poems by examining language, meaning, structure and poetic mechanics.

  • The Chimney Sweeper: Analysis of Both Blake Poems

    YouTube · Video · Opens on the provider website

    Teaching video analyses Blake's 'The Chimney Sweeper', providing language, theme and contextual evidence for comparison.

  • The Wind Begun to Rock the Grass by Emily Dickinson

    YouTube · Video · Opens on the provider website

    Complete performance of Dickinson's 'The Wind Begun to Rock the Grass' for direct comparison with Milne's poem.

  • Twinkl: Wind on the Hill by A. A. Milne

    Twinkl · Lesson · Account may be required

    Verified KS2 presentation of A. A. Milne's exact poem 'Wind on the Hill', supporting close reading of its imagery, rhyme and repetition alongside handwriting practice.