F for Fox: Carol Ann Duffy

This 27-slide lesson explores Carol Ann Duffy’s poem ‘F for Fox’.

The poem is perfect for KS3 students learning about poetic craft and technique, and is especially useful for teaching alliteration and animal/nature poetry. The lesson unpicks the narrative and key ideas behind Duffy’s poem, peppered with questions and discussion points for students.

The poem is included in the PowerPoint. Brief biographical information is given about Duffy, and a glossary is provided to aid students with the poem’s vocabulary. The lesson ends with a creative writing task in which students write their own poem.

This lesson could easily work with upper KS2 or even GCSE students, too.

PowerPoint saved as PDF.