Heaney 'North' complete SoW A Level poetry

A complete scheme of work to teach Seamus Heaney’s collection ‘North’.

Each lesson is designed for a double period, so this is a 28 lesson SoW. There is also one essay prep lesson.

The first lesson covers context of the history of Ireland, The Troubles, and Heaney’s life.

Each lesson contains attractive slides, clear instructions, and exentsion tasks on every slide. I taught this to compare with Jean Rhys’ Wide Sargasso Sea, but any slides linked to this can be easily removed - it does not impact the teaching of the poems.

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Poems from ‘North’ covered are:
Antaeus
Funeral Rites
North
Bog Queen
The Grauballe Man
Punishment
Strange Fruit
Act of Union
Hercules and Antaeus
Whatever you say, say nothing
Ministry of Fear
A Constable Calls
Orange Drums
Summer 1969
Exposure