UNSEEN POETRY - KS4 AQA LITERATURE THREE LESSONS

All three lessons use TEAL (technique, evidence, analysis & link) as a framework but this could easily be edited out / changed. All lessons aimed at middle to higher ability students.

1. In the Can by Rosie Jackson is a one stanza poem that tries to convey life in prison. Tasks start with a collective memory exercise (see slide notes) then moves to reading poem followed by group work on allocated extracts. Eventually, after student feedback, they will write their own TEAL paragraph using example provided.
2. The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost - students read poem and answer a series of questions (with suggested answers provided). Leads to writing a TEAL paragraph with a set of given prompts.
3. Booklet of example war poems - pupils can choose which one to write a response on but can first look at how to annotate in detail at the examples given from ‘Dulce et Decorum Est.’ Example response provided.