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 weather'.

* Check comprehension and embed learning with a reader response spread on pages 22-23.