Before the sun - Cambridge Songs of Ourselves - Charles Mungoshi
Before the Sun - Charles Mungoshi
This poem is part of the 2026/2028 IGCSE Literature program.
This is a full lesson -with scope to cover one or two lessons if required - The lesson plan is provided in Word document with a classroom Power Point, both of which are editable, if required. There is **lots **of in depth detail - you can fully edit to use as much or as little as you require.
This lesson is easy to follow and could therefore be used as a ‘last minute’ lesson, or even a ‘cover lesson’ - if required - as the all of the information and answers tasks is included - all you need to do is print it.
Contents -
Teacher’s notes (slide by slide to assist you), student tasks and task handouts - the teacher notes are in word as is the line by line analysis and narrative voice notes.
The lesson contains the following:
A full breakdown looking at tone, structure, poetic devices, quotes, effect, context, a line by line analysis, and an example essay.
Contains tasks for the class to complete - as decided by you - A tone graph, Essay review, discussion, poetry analysis etc.
This also shows students how to structure a PEEZER essay on poetry by giving an example based on this poem.










