What is rhetoric? The ability to write / speak persuasively. From Aristotle to the present day, never has the ability to be able to persuade (or understand when it is being used on you) been so important… It will also help with GCSE results! An introduction to the Art of Rhetoric with a reference to many classic texts and leaders: Henry V, Elizabeth I, Churchill, Martin Luther KIng. There is also a template for how to construct classic speech using advanced rhetorical devices, e.g. the tricolon.

Timothy Winters is a thought-provoking poem about poverty and nobility in poverty. Perfect for an end of term Christmas lesson in December…

Three poems that can be used as ‘unseen’ to help the pupils get to grips with poetry:’ The Listeners’, ‘Unquiet Grave’ and ‘The Gray Folk’. There is also a creative writing task linked to ‘The Listeners’ once analysis of the key devices has been discussed.