Analysing & Writing Poetry

This unit teaches students how to understand poetry (it’s more suitable for 13+ or high ability students).

There are 10 objectives and the unit looks at Christina Rossetti (‘A Birthday’) and Wilfred Owen’s (Dulce) poems. It also uses the UN’s Global Goals and gets students to think about what is important to them and allows them to create their own poems using the techniques etc. There are model examples and structures to support writing analytical paragraphs and opportunities for students to create their own Podcast interview with Owen and get creative with some PETAL response mobiles.

The whole SOW is linked to the GCSE OFQUAL AOs so is useful for any exam board, GCSE and/or iGCSE. It could be utilised for the MYP or KS3 lessons depending on the topic and the class. Potentially suitable for weaker IB/A-level students to grasp the art of analysing and how to consider the writer’s intentions in context using the 4 lenses.