Hurricane Hits England

Hurricane Hits England is an outstanding resource for teaching the poem by Grace Nichols. It includes a range of activities for pupils of all abilities such as:

• a quick biography of Grace Nichols and the social and historical context of Hurricane Hits England

• activities to develop knowledge of the ‘narrative’ of Hurricane Hits England

• exploration of the key themes of Hurricane Hits England (identity, immigration, etc)

• developing awareness of techniques used in poetry – metaphor, imagery, alliteration, etc

• teaching the use of Point/Evidence/Explain to write about Hurricane Hits England

• Grace Nichols’ purpose and the poem’s meaning

• analysis of Grace Nichols’ use of language

• Grace Nichols use of poetic techniques

• developing inference and deduction skills