WW1 Dulce et Decorum Est performance Plan

THIS PLAN INCLUDES A SLIDESHOW AS PART OF THE RESOURCE This year 6 English unit is a 6-7 lesson mini-unit which gets the students to analyse then perform two poem World War One poems. ‘Dulce et Decorum Est’ by Wilfred Owen and ‘An die Soldaten des Grossen Krieges’ by Gerrit Engelke. It is designed to get students to ask their own questions about the poem, then answer them. They also learn how to perform poetry while other members of the class are also performing at the same time.
The second poem offers them the opportunity to rewrite parts of the Gerrit Engelke’s poem then create a video presentation. The unit has many links to Michael Rosen’s ideas about performing poetry, while making sure the children understand that the impact of performing poetry from the First World War. While it has been designed as a Year 6 unit, it could be used in Year 5 or Year 7.