Voices of War: Narrative Voice in War Poetry

Two lessons beginning with a grammar starter in which students focus on pronouns and then use this skills to analyse war poetry. I used this with a top set year 8 but can be adapted for other abilities and year groups. The examples used to illustrate the use of pronouns in narrative voice are fairly challenging! The pupils then look at the poems Perhaps, Dulce et Decorum Est and The Call and compare the narrative voices and pronouns used.