Two lesson focusing on how to structure a comparison between the poems War Photographer and Remains.
Venn Diagrams, model answers and annotated quotations to support students.
Easily adaptable for lower/higher ability groups.
A full scheme of PowerPoint lessons and resources, designed to cover the poetry of World War One over a half term. Activities are suitable for all abilities and are differentiated. The scheme is designed for year 9, but could be used at any level of KS3 or adapted for KS4. A knowledge organiser and summative assessment are included.
The lessons work through a poetry of war anthology and workbook, which is included. The powerpoint contains the full scheme of work, and contains video and interactive resources. Main tasks include the social and historical context of WWI, drama, creative writing and reading tasks. There is a heavy focus on identifying and using language and structural techniques, in line with the new expectations at KS4.
Poems covered:
Anthem for Doomed Youth - Wilfred Owen
Does it matter? - Siegfried Sassoon
The Last Laugh - Wilfred Owen
Suicide in the Trenches - Siegfried Sassoon
The Soldier - Rupert Brooke
Who’s for the game? - Jessie Pope
Dulce et Decorum est - Wilfred Owen
Perhaps (To R.A.L.) - Vera Brittain
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Updated to include all powerpoints under one file, all activities and poetry in one workbook, and to include a knowledge organiser.
A unit of work designed for year 9/10 (S3)
Poems included;
-Bayonet Charge
-Exposure
-Charge of the Light Brigade
-Poppies
-Kamikaze
-War Photographer
-Remains
Each poem has a PPT to accompany the teaching.
Each PPT includes;
-Context
-Annotating
-Big Ideas
-Analysis task
-SOME Comparative tasks
Base Details lesson that explores Siegfried Sassoon’s poem, looking at language and structures before moving to compare how the tone of this piece differs to others by Wilfred Owen, Thomas Hardy and other writers we have been studying. A very useful lesson for KS3 students and KS4 preparing for unseen poetry exams and English Literature exam questions too.
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War Poetry introduction lesson that uses For The Fallen by Laurence Binyon as a way into developing analytical skills for poetry and unseen poetry. We look at structure, perspectives, emotions and messages within the poem, as well as tone. A detailed introductory lesson to war poems and First World War poetry. Fully differentiated throughout.
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War poetry English scheme of work that includes fully differentiated lessons, PowerPoints, worksheets and activities. Includes the following lessons:
War Poetry Introduction - For The Fallen
Remembrance Day Descriptive Writing
The Soldier by Rupert Brooke
Dulce et Decorum Est by Wilfred Owen
The Manhunt by Simon Armitage
The Man He Killed by Thomas Hardy
In Flanders Fields by John McCrae
At The Bomb Testing Site by William Stafford (Focus on structure)
The Hero by Siegfried Sassoon
War Girls by Jessie Pope
Base Details by Siegfried Sassoon
Language techniques - To His Love
Model Essay lesson
Sorrow of Sarajevo language lesson
Full scheme of work document for six weeks
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REVAMPED! Power and Conflict revision guide that comes in a fully editable PowerPoint or a printable PDF for students, parents and teachers. A fully differentiated revision guide for KS4 students looking at the AQA Power and Conflict GCSE Poetry Anthology for Literature Paper 2. The revision guide includes differentiated activities for every poem, including:
The Prelude; Storm on the Island; Exposure; The Charge of the Light Brigade; Bayonet Charge; Remains; Poppies; War Photographer; Kamikaze; Ozymandias; London; My Last Duchess; The Émigrée; Checking Out Me History; Tissue.
Now includes revision activites to help compare poems and make meaningful comparisons, as well as a guide to the mark scheme and what the examiners are looking for in your answers.
War Poetry (KS3)
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SoW: War Poetry (KS3)
Lesson 1 Introduction to WW1
Lesson 2 Who’s For The Game
Lesson 3 Poetic Techniques
Lesson 4 Writing a War Poem
Lesson 5 Trench Letters (assessment)
Lesson 6-7 Dulce
Lesson 8-9 Anthem For Doomed Youth
Lesson 10-11 The Soldier
Lesson 12-14 Reading Assessment
Lesson 15 A War Film
Lesson 16 The Falling Leaves
Lesson 17 The Call
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This ready-to-use PowerPoint is a full poetry comparison lesson for the Eduqas 2027 GCSE English Literature specification. Focusing on War Photographer and Disabled, it helps students write structured, high-level comparative essays on war poetry - ideal for Year 9 or early GCSE preparation for the new specification.
The lesson includes a scaffolded essay structure, guided analysis of context, structure, and language, and a model essay task with colour-coded highlighting. Activities support retrieval, annotations of the model essay and a sheet at the end to facilitate peer assessment. The model response is also included in the PowerPoint.
I created this because there are so few resources available for the new Eduqas anthology. This lesson can easily be adapted for other poems in the collection or for comparing unseen war poetry. Fully editable and classroom-tested, it’s designed to build comparison skills and analytical confidence.
KS3 - World War 1 Poetry Context lesson with a variety of activities and contextual information, examining propaganda in detail. Resources include: a timeline activity for key events in WW1, a diamond 9 activity for reasons why soldiers fought, examination of a number of propaganda posters from WW1 and a creative writing task.
A resource designed to support you and your students to use the National Theatre’s production of War Horse as a way into poetry of the First World War. The resource includes poems by Edward Thomas, Rupert Brooke and A. E. Housman. Developed in partnership with National Theatre Learning.
This bundle consists of 16 thoroughly planned lessons that take students through all 16 poems in the Edexcel IGCSE English Anthology.
List of poems covered:
‘If-’ by Rudyard Kipling
‘Prayer Before Birth’ by Louis MacNeice
‘Blessing’ by Imtiaz Dharker
‘Search for my Tongue’ by Sujata Bhatt
‘Half-past Two’ by U A Fanthorpe
‘Piano’ by D H Lawrence
‘Hide and Seek’ by Vernon Scannell
‘Sonnet 116’ by William Shakespeare
‘La Belle Dame sans Merci’ by John Keats
‘Poem at Thirty-Nine’ by Alice Walker
‘War Photographer’ by Carol Ann Duffy
‘The Tyger’ by William Blake
‘My Last Duchess’ by Robert Browning
‘Half-caste’ by John Agard
‘Do not go gentle into that good night’ by Dylan Thomas
‘Remember’ by Christina Rossetti
Also included: a powerpoint outlining the way to structure a comparative essay, model answers and exam practice.
A detailed lesson on The Soldier by Rupert Brooke that explores attitudes before 1914 and how these changed as the First World War progressed. The lesson includes differentiated activities throughout, as well as detailed notes on the poem, a model paragraph, scaffolds, a range of engaging tasks to make war poetry relevant and interesting for students and more. Useful for Remembrance Day as well.
To help my A Level students, I created a useful guide with context, critics, historical information, a guide of literary terms and the poems they would need to analyse for their coursework. It includes information about the war and the poet, as well as influences and other poets linked to Owen. It also has copies of 11 of Owen’s poems for them to annotate so all of the information they need for their coursework is together.
War Poetry Annotated Rupert Brooke & Wilfred Owen
An ideal resource for English lessons in the approach to Remembrance Day.
This resource includes two iconic war poems - The Soldier and Dulce et Decorum Est.
For each poem, there is:
a blank copy where students can make their own annotations
a highlighted copy, which guides students towards sections they may want to focus on when annotating
a highlighted and annotated version -> this is an ideal teacher guide, or can be used by students to self-check what they identified
These variations make this a valuable resource that can be used with different ages/abilities. It is also helpful for non-specialists as key talking points are identified for each poem.
Also included is a comparison grid, which encourages students to think about key aspects of the poems. There is a blank version for students to complete and a teacher version, which includes some pointers for each aspect.
The Hero war poetry lesson that explores Siegfried Sassoon’s poem, looking at language and perspectives before moving to compare how the tone of this piece differs to others by Wilfred Owen, Thomas Hardy and other writers we have been studying. A very useful lesson for KS3 students and KS4 preparing for unseen poetry exams and English Literature exam questions too.
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