Hurricane Hits England by Grace Nichols

This is a lesson on the poem ‘Hurricane Hits England’ by Grace Nichols

The lesson starts by asking students to think about the impact of hurricanes and there’s a link to a video recital of the poem.

Students are then introduced to the ‘WPSLOMP’ method of analysing poetry which they can then apply in pairs before colour coding any imagery and key poetic devices. The ideas they pull together for this can then be explored as a class and there are slides which reveal the devices for them to then write about.

The lesson ends with a chance for students to write independent essay paragraphs with a generic success criteria. There is then an opportunity to self or peer assess according to the key skills.

As with all my lessons, there are ‘Talk for Writing’ activities and Challenge tasks for more able students.

Attached is;

• A powerpoint with the lesson clearly outlined
• A copy of the poem with a word box.