Hurricane Hits England - Grace Nichols - 2 lessons

Grace Nichols – Hurricane Hits England

Lesson 1 L.O.'s

To understand the main themes in a Hurricane Hits England To understand and apply the poem’s context to infer the writer’s message

To be able to explain the main themes and attitudes to identity

To analyse the methods in the beginning of the poem
Annotation skills, identifying, recapping structural choices and their effects

Using contextual information to highlight attitudes and writer’s message/opinions

Using these ideas, annotate the grid as a class using visualiser.

Lesson 2 L.O.'s

To answer a GCSE poetry style question: ‘How does the writer show a relationship between her and the storm?’

To recap the poem from the previous lesson

To annotate the poem – identify methods/themes

To write an analytical paragraph based on a GCSE style question

Knowledge/recall of ingredients of a thesis statement

Using STAR feedback to improve their writing
Recap of language/structure techniques

Model an analytical paragraph and allow students to use their annotations to write their own.