Absent From Thee - Teaching Pack

Teaching ideas and resource materials for Rochester’s ‘A Song: Absent from Thee’. Lesson planning ideas and resources for active learning, critical thinking and creative approaches to a poem in which self-knowledge and self-destruction are inseparable. Teacher planning is supplied for Kahoot and Wordwall, with full paper versions of every task.

Lessons are structured around, but not limited to, the following learning continuum: Connect – Activate – Demonstrate – Consolidate.

Contents:
• Introduction to A Level AHEAD
• Absent from Thee – Overview
• Planning Learning and Teaching Activities
• Activities – Detailed Implementation
• Student Handouts (Annotation Framework; Essay Planning Sheet; Creative Writing Framework; Comparative Analysis Planner; Research Investigation Sheet)
• Teacher Planning: Interactive Quizzes and Activities
• Alternative Activities
• Critical Contexts and Further Reading
• Assessment Objectives Alignment