Checking Out Me History - SEN / Low Ability Year 8 / 9 Lesson and Resources (Character and Voice)

This is a complete lesson (including resources) developed to suit the needs of a Year 8 / 9 SEN or Low Ability class; it could also be used with a middle ability Year 7 group. Included is the power point presentation (29 slides long and including defined starter, plenary, feedback opportunities, progress checks and exemplars of well structured paragraph writing), a writing support hand out for slower writers, a copy of the poem, and a paragraph writing frame.
The focus of the lesson is on exploring the author's background (context), considering the tone of the poem, identifying and locating poetic devices, and commenting on Agard's use of Non-Standard English. There are a number of opportunities for paired / group discussion, and areas where further extension can be scaled in if necessary (ex. expanding the discussion re: the deeper cultural and social meaning of the poem, which is only briefly covered in the lesson as it currently stands)