KS3 Romantic Poetry SOW

A set of 16 lesson slides focusing on six short, accessible Romantic poems as an introductory poetry unit suitable for Year 7-8.

The SOW includes:

• 16 lessons, with structured powerpoints for all lessons
• Resources for all lessons included in the powerpoints
• A suggestion at the start of each powerpoint about how to deliver the lesson and adapt it up / down depending on the ability of your class
• Lessons on context
• A gradual building up to students analysing poems and writing analytical response independently
• A focus on key ideas in the poems, poetic techniques, the Romantic context and comparison
• A booklet including all of the poems
• Included in the poetry booklet: simple homework tasks suggestions
• A final assessment task

The SOW does not include a separate planning document with an overview of all lessons.

Learning objectives are framed as questions for almost all lessons, and a variety of tasks are included to support adaptive teaching and inclusion of all students.

Poems include:

• A Birthday - Rossetti
• Hope is a Thing With Feathers - Dickinson
• Lucy - Wordsworth
• Sonnet 43 - Browning
• Pleasure in the Pathless Wood - Byron
• The Moon… - Dickinson
• Daffodils - Wordsworth (included for optional independent study / stretch but no lesson included)
• A Poison Tree - Blake (included for optional independent study / stretch but no lesson included)

The poems are suitably simple as to enable access and enjoyment on a surface level, but also complex enough to challenge the interpretive thinking of more able students, particularly when making the connection to the Romantic context.