A full and detailed lesson with plenty that will challenge students. PowerPoint presentation includes: vocabulary explained, questions about every line of the poem, line by line technical analysis, about the author, and a 1000 word example essay has also been added. I have made a supplementary YouTube video, that can also be found here, which should help students when at home or revising. I really hope it is useful. This poem is no longer in the iGCSE anthology.

In this 20-slide PowerPoint covering chapters 11 and 12, you will find some vocabulary work, active reading strategies, guidance on descriptive and narrative writing, a reminder of using the senses to describe, activities on the themes of the novel, labelling activities, and a short debate. Students have plenty of time to discuss, write creatively, and analytically. Summaries of chapters 11 and 12 have been included as well as a clear plenary. I hope you find it useful.

In this 23-slide PowerPoint you will find: summaries of both chapters, four short model responses for language analysis, an activity on how to embed quotes, a short drama task about how dialogue is used for suspense, a definition of the technique ‘allusion’ with a task based on Wells’ allusion to the Huns; here students watch a 10-minute YouTube video about the Goths and Huns in Europe and complete 18 viewing questions based on the video (could be done as h/w). Finally, students finish Chapter 17 by reading alongside a selection of comprehension/discussion questions to check understanding. This is the last lesson for Part 1 of War of the Worlds.

In this 26-slide PowerPoint you will find a thought-provoking starter, matching poetry technique task, in-depth discussion task, creative writing exercise (using the key vocabulary from the poem), an artwork imagery task, homework questions, line by line questions, deep line by line annotations/analysis, essay question and plan, and a model paragraph (colour-coded). This could take anything between one and three hours of teaching, depending on the cohort.

In this 16-slide PowerPoint you will find an interesting starter where students use the vocabulary of the poem to make a wall display of haikus, a discussion task on the allusions to sea gods, full read through discussion, homework task, comparison of two Wordsworth poems to help understand Cheng’s ideas, very detailed line by line annotations, essay question with mindmap for essay planning, full essay plan. It should take between two and five hours to complete.

In this 14-slide PowerPoint, you will find a theme exploration starter, line by line annotations, essay plan, twelve homework questions (students could do this in lesson but I like them to come to class having studied the poem a little), theme and quote matching task, and finally I have included an optional “fun” activity where students use the vocabulary of the poem to create a short playscript, which you could choose to develop into a performance. This PowerPoint will probably take about three hours to complete if you choose to do all the activities. It could also work as revision. Please let me know if you have any feedback.