Simon Armitage Poetry (SOW)

The SOW available contains 10 lessons, and all attached resources, looking at the author Simon Armitage and two of hsi poems - Give and About His Person. The scheme’s intention is to develop initial understanding of poetry and to deepen understanding of how authros create characters. It includes a number of reading, writing and SPAG activities (detailed below). Each lesson has an independent activity - timing for this need to be adjusted based on your learners’ abilities.

01 Meet the Author First impressions and reading retrieval
02 Give - Title Analysis Defining key concepts and cloze activity
03 Give - Theme (Homelessness) Rapid reading and analysis grid
04 Give - Analysis Carousel analysis of poem
05 Give - Model Writing Analysis of model writing
06 Give - Planning a Description Planing for independent writing
07 Give - Writing a Description Structured writing up lesson
08 About His Person - Predictions Memory games and object analysis
09 About His Person - Drawing Conclusions Critical thinking about evidence
10 About His Person - Creating a Character Creative activity