Expressive and Sensory Language
Recognise recurring literary language in stories and poetry, identify words and phrases that suggest feelings or appeal to the senses, and discuss favourite words and phrases
Lesson
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Notice story formulas and explain how sensory language works.
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Notice story formulas and explain how sensory language works.
Notice story formulas and explain how sensory language works.
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Library of Congress · Practice link — not the full lesson
The Dog, the Cock, & the Fox
Before you open · source notes
The Dog, the Cock, & the Fox supports noticing expressive and sensory language. Not a poetry anthology.
Free public-domain story text, no sign-in.
Before you openAsk the learner to find one vivid word or phrase and say what it makes them picture.
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Source, access and review notes
Public Library of Congress Read.gov Aesop page. An anonymous GET on 2026-11-12 returned HTTP 200 with no login or payment prompt. The story text is public domain on this page. Opening the link does not save practice or assess mastery. This is reading text, not an automatically marked comprehension quiz.
Library of Congress / Read.gov. “The Dog, the Cock, & the Fox.” Public-domain text linked only; Gakuva does not copy, host, embed, or redistribute a separate edition.
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Check understanding
- Spot recurring story language such as 'Once upon a time' and 'happily ever after'
- Identify sensory words and phrases in a poem: 'the icy wind howled'
- Share a favourite word or phrase from a story and explain why it appeals
“When your child reads a poem or a story with vivid language, can they pick out a phrase they really liked — and tell you why it works well or how it made them feel?”
Curriculum record
- Type
- Conceptual
- Subject
- English
- Domain
- Reading Comprehension
- Age range
- Ages 6–12
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