'For Heidi With Blue Hair' poem unseen exam question

Preparing students for the unseen poetry question, this lesson uses 'For Heidi With Blue Hair' by Fleur Adcock. Beginning with finding three poetic techniques used in the poem, the lesson encourages more independent analysis before developing ideas in paired work. The lesson develops with class analysis of the poem, concluding with independent planning for a practice exam question which leads to beginning to write their own response. This task can then be extended to the following lesson or become a homework task.

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For Heidi With Blue Hair unseen poem exam question - PowerPoint of lesson
For Heidi With Blue Hair - Word document of poem