This is a lesson on a poem which explores the consequences of the American attacks on Vietnam during the war. It features in the Edexcel anthology of Literature exam poems. It's particularly useful to compare to 'Kamikaze' by Beatrice Garland (AQA) or 'War Photographer by Carole Satyamurti (see my lesson on this in my shop).
The lesson begins by asking students to comment on Vietnamese cultures based on images presented on the slide. There is then a slide which introduces them to the Vietnam war and then Denise Levertov as a poet. Students are then introduced to the 'WPSLOMP' method of analysing poetry which they can then apply in pairs before colour coding quotes which are examples of peaceful and violent imagery, as well as some more challenging devices. The ideas they pull together for this can then be explored as a class and the slides can be annotated by the teacher on the board and there are also some quotes colour coded as the answers. Students are then asked to think about structure and there is a slide which refers to the use of anaphora, alliteration and the overall effect of the poem's layout.
The lesson ends with a chance for students to write independent essay paragraphs with Edexcel's exam success criteria but this can be adapted for your course. There are 3 options on how to approach essay writing: 'layers of meaning', PEA, or the 'reading ladder' which follow the same idea. There is then an opportunity to self or peer assess according to the key skills.
As with all my lessons, there are 'Talk for Writing' activities and Challenge tasks for more able students.
Attached is;
- A powerpoint with the lesson clearly outlined
- A copy of the poem with a word bank
- A handout of glossary style word banks which students can stick into their anthologies
- PEA style writing frames which can be cut out to support weaker students in their essay writing
- Links to online videos/readings (see 'Notes' under slides).
- A separate powerpoint with 2 suggested homework activities linked to this poem.
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The lesson begins by asking students to comment on Vietnamese cultures based on images presented on the slide. There is then a slide which introduces them to the Vietnam war and then Denise Levertov as a poet. Students are then introduced to the 'WPSLOMP' method of analysing poetry which they can then apply in pairs before colour coding quotes which are examples of peaceful and violent imagery, as well as some more challenging devices. The ideas they pull together for this can then be explored as a class and the slides can be annotated by the teacher on the board and there are also some quotes colour coded as the answers. Students are then asked to think about structure and there is a slide which refers to the use of anaphora, alliteration and the overall effect of the poem's layout.
The lesson ends with a chance for students to write independent essay paragraphs with Edexcel's exam success criteria but this can be adapted for your course. There are 3 options on how to approach essay writing: 'layers of meaning', PEA, or the 'reading ladder' which follow the same idea. There is then an opportunity to self or peer assess according to the key skills.
As with all my lessons, there are 'Talk for Writing' activities and Challenge tasks for more able students.
Attached is;
- A powerpoint with the lesson clearly outlined
- A copy of the poem with a word bank
- A handout of glossary style word banks which students can stick into their anthologies
- PEA style writing frames which can be cut out to support weaker students in their essay writing
- Links to online videos/readings (see 'Notes' under slides).
- A separate powerpoint with 2 suggested homework activities linked to this poem.
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