Who's for the Game? Activities and Teaching Resources Bundle

Support your students in exploring the persuasive power and patriotic fervour of Jessie Pope’s Who’s for the Game? with this all-in-one teaching bundle. Designed to promote close reading, historical understanding, and creative response, this resource pack offers a wide range of interactive and analytical activities to help students engage with the poem’s tone, structure, and persuasive techniques.

Packed with revision tools, discussion prompts, and imaginative tasks, this bundle deepens students’ understanding of key themes including propaganda, duty, bravery, gender expectations, and the romanticising of war.

This bundle includes:
✔ Who’s for the Game? Creative Writing Prompts – Inspire imaginative responses linked to the poem’s key ideas
✔ Who’s for the Game? Word Search – Reinforce key vocabulary in an engaging way
✔ Who’s for the Game? Crossword Puzzle – Consolidate knowledge through clue-based revision
✔ Who’s for the Game? Creative Post-Reading Tasks – A choice of nine activities, from podcasts to symbolic collages
✔ Who’s for the Game? Roll the Dice Discussion Board – Encourage thoughtful, student-led discussion
✔ Who’s for the Game? Bingo Revision Game – A fast-paced, interactive way to review imagery, structure, and theme
✔ Who’s for the Game? Essay Questions – 15 analytical prompts exploring persuasive techniques, context, and poetic devices
✔ Fully editable PowerPoint – Four-lesson sequence with analysis slides, creative tasks, homework ideas, and D.I.R.T. activities

Why choose this bundle?
✔ Versatile – Suitable for introducing, exploring, or revising the poem
✔ Engaging – A variety of tasks to suit different learning styles and abilities
✔ Time-Saving – Ready-to-use printables requiring minimal preparation

Perfect for:
✔ KS3 & GCSE English
✔ War poetry and World War One context studies
✔ Cover lessons or enrichment tasks
✔ Exam preparation and revision

Download today and help your students uncover the persuasive power and historical context of Pope’s enduring war poem — while building analytical and creative skills in a range of engaging formats.