Introduction to Poetry KS3 SOW
At comprehensive 21+ Lesson KS3 Unit of work introducing students to different forms of poetry and poetic techniques. Students explore poetry from different periods and perspectives, developing their ability to understand, analyse and respond to poetry while building their knowledge of poetic methods and terminology.
Poems include: The Highwayman by Alfred Noyes, Woodpecker by John Agard, Woodpecker by Ted Hughes, Metaphors by Sylvia Plath, Mirror by Sylvia Plath, I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud By William Wordsworth, A range of Haikus, The Ballad of Hillsborough by Simon Rae, Caged Bird By Maya Angelou, Presents from my Aunts in Pakistan by Moniza Alvi, The Tyger By William Blake, “Hope” is the thing with feathers By Emily Dickinson , The Raven By Edgar Allan Poe, Island Man By Grace Nichols, Out of the Blue by Simon Armitage, La Belle Dame sans Merci by John Keats, Hawk Roosting by Ted Hughes, the song Fast Car.
**Students develop their ability to:**
Understand and respond to a wide range of poetry
Identify and analyse poetic techniques
Explore how poets use language, structure and form
Analyse the effects of individual word choices
Explore imagery, symbolism and figurative language
Consider how form and structure contribute to meaning
Explore different interpretations of poems
Make links between poems and their contexts
Develop analytical and evaluative responses
Compare poems and poetic methods
Apply poetic techniques in their own creative writing
Develop confidence using subject specific poetry terminology
**What’s Included?**
21+ ready to teach lessons
A wide range of poems from different periods, forms and perspectives
Activities for each poem
Repeat questions in every lesson to revisit and reinforce previous learning
Retrieval and comprehension activities
A range of analytical and evaluative questions
Discussion and collaborative tasks
Annotated quotations and language analysis
Key context lessons for specific poems, including Out of the Blue and The Ballad of Hillsborough
A range of contextual worksheets
Creative writing activities and tasks
Worksheets covering poetry, poetic techniques and individual poems
A lesson exploring poetry in music through Fast Car
A reading assessment focused on Presents from My Aunts in Pakistan by Moniza Alvi, with assessment preparation
A writing assessment based on an article about Harambe, requiring students to write their own newspaper article about an incident at a zoo, with dedicated assessment preparation
Reflection and plenary activities for every lesson
A poetry homework sheet of 24 homework tasks of varying difficulties. Pupils are to choose one task each week to complete that matches their confidence and ability.
**Some of the resources have not been included due to copyright. They can be found online. The poems not included are:**
This Is Just To Say By William Carlos Williams
Woodpecker by Ted Hughes
Metaphors by Sylvia Plath
Mirror by Sylvia Plath
Presents from my Aunts in Pakistan by Moniza Alvi
The Ballad of Hillsborough by Simon Rae
Caged Bird By Maya Angelou.
Island Man By Grace Nichols
Out of the Blue by Simon Armitage.
Hawk Roosting by Ted Hughes
In addition, Fast car Lyrics by Tracy Chapman have also not been included, nor has the newspaper article for the writing assessment, *'Gorilla killing: Harambe's death at zoo prompts backlash'* which can be found online. A link is also provided in the notes of the first slide of that lesson**
