WW2 Poetry 'Empty Your Pockets' UKS2

This resource can be taken over 1-4 lessons depending on your class ability.

The poem has been selected from the text ‘Poems from the Second World War’ by Gaby Morgan.

The lesson focus uses ‘Empty your Pockets’ by John Pudney.

The suggested breakdown of the learning is as follows:

1. Read poem and uses active reading strategies to visualise, predict, clairfy, connect and evaluate by annotating and illustrating key lines, phrases or words.

2. Discuss how the poem makes readers feel using evidence.

3. Discuss the poems structure and how this contributes to the impact.

4. Discuss the impact of language used (help sheet provided with visuals).