Year 9 Poetry Unit

The booklet includes the following poems:

• Romeo and Juliet- Prologue by William Shakespeare
• How do I Love Thee? (sonnet 43) by Elizabeth Barrett Browning
• A Poison Tree by William Blake
• I am Very Bothered by Simon Armitage
• She Walks in Beauty by Lord Byron
• On my First Son by Ben Jonson
• Valentine by Carol Ann Duffy
• Lament by Gillian Clarke

For each poem there is:

• A copy of the poem
• Vocabulary tasks
• Context information and tasks
• Comprehension questions
• Annotation suggestions
• A creative task
• A SIFT sheet
• Analysis questions

I also provide website and suggested answers for some of tasks and activites in the comments.