Unseen Poetry Lesson 3

Following on from this introduction to unseen poetry:

https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/unseen-poetry-lesson-1-12130945

This lesson is the third in the series and looks at the concepts of syllables, feet and meter.

The lesson is as follows:

• The Do Now task encourages learners to examine the first two stanzas of Wordsworth’s ‘I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud’ and identify four of the poetic methods used. Teacher answers included.
• Feedback slide
• An explanation of syllables, feet and meter in relation to poetry, with a corresponding worksheet.
• An application task which focuses on an extract from ‘Macbeth’.
• Feedback slides
• Learning Review
• Revise key terms from previous lesson/section
• Trochaic tetrameter task with a focus on ‘I Wandered Lonely…’
• Feedback slide
• Learning Review

Estimated time: 1.5 - 2 hrs
Target: middle ability learners