Afternoons - Philip Larkin Teaching Pack

Teaching Pack
Teaching ideas and resource materials for Larkin’s ‘Afternoons’. Lesson planning ideas and resources for active learning, critical thinking and creative approaches to a poem about lives being quietly moved to one side. Teacher planning is supplied for the interactive quizzes and activities, 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
• Afternoons – Overview
• Planning Learning and Teaching Activities
• Activities – Detailed Implementation
• Student Handouts (Annotation Framework; Essay Planning Sheet; Creative Writing Framework; Comparative Analysis Planner)
• Teacher Planning: Interactive Quizzes and Activities
• Alternative Activities
• Assessment Objectives Alignment