KS3, KS4, Unseen poetry, War poetry, Siegfried Sassoon "Atrocities" First World War

This is a 14-slide powerpoint which guides students through an exploration of Sassoon’s blistering poem, “Atrocities”. This is easily adapted to suit the ability of your class. Slides 12, 13 and 14 can be used either to structure whole-class question and answer or could be an opportunity for students to work in pairs to discuss the questions and annotate the poem with their thoughts.

The final slide reiterates the question from the lesson aim - How does Sassoon communicate his feelings towards the person being addressed in the poem?
Depending on the students’ confidence, this could be an opportunity to model a paraqraph or two or they could go straight into writing a response.