Leaves of gold and crimson
Curl crisply on the street,
Their papery voices chatter
As they crunch beneath my feet.

• Lime/Band 11 books have longer sentence structures and a greater use of literary language.
• Text type – A poetry collection.
• Curriculum links – Geography: ‘use basic geographical vocabulary to refer to key physical features, including: beach, cliff, coast, forest, hill, mountain, sea, ocean, river, soil, valley, vegetation, season and ... Read moreweather’.
• Check comprehension and embed learning with a reader response spread on pages 22–23.