Private Peaceful and WWI Poets KS3 Unit of Work

This bundle contains a range of resources designed to be taught in conjunction with Morpurgo’s ‘Private Peaceful’. As well as lots of activities related to the novel, there are non-fiction extracts and various WWI poems.

I have taught this unit to a mixed ability Year 7 and Year 8 class - I think it would be suitable for any LKS2 class.

The bundle includes:

• WWI initial research task
• Private Peaceful Extended reading list
• Private Peaceful initial predictions task
• Mr Munnings and Miss MacAllister character comparison
• ‘Brothers’ by Andrew Forster poem comprehension
• Mother character analysis and related descriptive writing about a garden
• Close language analysis of the aeroplane and the marching band
• Extract analysis looking at the changing relationships between Molly, Charlie and Tommo
• POV diary entries task
• Persuasive language in the Sergeant’s speech
• Persuasive language in WWI propaganda posters
• ‘Who’s for the Game’ by Jessie Pope poem comprehension
• Life in the Trenches - multiple source comprehension
• ‘Dulce et Decorum Est’ by Wilfred Owen essay question and writing task
• Military punishment non-fiction comprehension and related letter-writing task
• ‘In Flanders Fields’ by John McCrae essay task

If you would like to preview these resources, please look at ‘Brothers’ by Andrew Forster, which I have uploaded as a free resource