Animal Poetry: Workbook

This 43-page workbook is a thorough and comprehensive unit of work analysing poems about animals.

The workbook contains various tasks and questions for a variety of animals, prompting students to consider how the poems interact with cultural stereotypes and how poets have used language and form to great effect.

There are 12 poems included in this workbook. Poets featured include Ted Hughes, Chinua Achebe, Elizabeth Bishop, Carol Ann Duffy and Marianne Moore.

At the end of the booklet is a project for students to complete.

This workbook is easily adaptable and teachers can study each poem at their own discretion and in their own manner. Some poems are more complex than others and so teachers may wish to differentiate accordingly.

Pupils could work on this unit in class or independently at home.

The workbook is designed for use at KS3 but could be easily adapted to specific needs and preferences.