THE THOUGHT FOX BY TED HUGHES - GOOGLE SLIDES

This is an interactive educational tool (Google Slides) designed to help students understand and appreciate poetry through the use of an animal poetry. The resource takes students on a journey through a poem, providing step-by-step guidance on the poem’s structure, meaning, and language. Through a range of activities and exercises, students explore themes, analyze literary devices, and gain a deeper understanding of poetic concepts. By the end of the resource, students will have the skills to read and interpret poetry with confidence and enthusiasm.

This download includes:
SESSION 1: POETRY ANALYSIS

• Pair-Share - Inferring the meaning of the words (Exercise 1)
• Ask-Write - Referring lines to match with given meanings (Exercise 2)
• WRITE-ADVANCE - Identify the poetry elements (Exercise 3
• Write-Progress – Critical appreciation of the poem (Exercise 4)
• Differentiated Tasks - Answering questions (Exercise 5)
• Plenary – Answering poetry elements questions (Exercise 6)
  SESSION 2: POETIC DEVICES
• Pair-Share – Meaning of expressions used in the poem (Exercise 7)
• Ask-Write - Identification and explanation of poetic devices (Exercise 8)
• Write-Advance - Inferring clues for characters in the poem (Exercise 9)
• Differentiated Tasks - Answering differentiated questions (Exercise 10)
• Plenary – Answering poetic devices questions (Exercise 11)
  SESSION 3: REFERENCE TO CONTEXT
• Pair-Share - Summarizing the meaning of the poem (Exercise 12)
• Ask-Write - Identification of annotation elements (Exercise 13)
• Write-Advance - Annotating the lines of the poem (Exercise 14)
• Differentiated Tasks - Answering comprehension questions (Exercise 15)
• Plenary - Answering multiple choice questions (Exercise 16)