World War 1 Poetry for KS3 KS4

A scheme of work originally created for KS3 covering WW1 poetry. Includes printable resources within the PPT and differentiated word banks. Additional links to useful documentaries, videos and soundbites included.

SoW covers:

• WW1 propaganda and persuasive devices
• Writing an informal, persuasive letter
• Dulce et Decorum Est by Wilfred Owen
• Use of imagery in poetry
• Writing an emotive diary entry
• Everyone Sang by Siegfried Sassoon
• Recognising and creating lexical fields
• Producing the front page of a WW1 newspaper
• In Flanders Fields by John McCrae
• Writing PEEL paragraphs
• When you see millions of the mouthless dead by Charles Sorley
• How to write a comparative essay
• The Christmas Day Truce
• Writing an effective narrative

I used this with two higher ability Year 8 classes but the scheme is easily adaptable for lower ability groups or alternative year groups.