"Daddy" by Sylvia Plath PPT for A-level AQA Poetry Theory and Independence (Full Lesson)

This PPT presents the students with an unseen poem (“Daddy” by Sylvia Plath).

This was made to help the students choose a poem for their “theory and independence” unit, so it includes a discussion of the critical theories that the students need to study.

The lesson is as follows:

Retrieval task: Match the lines (all from “Daddy”) to their devices
Task 1: Read the poem (without the author and context), and then answer the questions
Task 2: What do we already know about Plath?
Input: An overview of Plath’s life and work
Task 3: How did Plath’s life affect her work discussion
Task 4: Listen to Plath recite the poem herself
Task 5: Apply the poem to the AQA critical theories (feminism, Marxism, and so on)

This lesson should last an hour.