Mother Any Distance Full Lesson

Full, thorough and easy to follow lesson (approx 1-2 hour) with model paragraph analysing writer’s methods in the poem.
Starter - generate discussion about images.
Main 1 - Read through poem/gather initial ideas/whole class annotation - this can be supplemented with youtube clips of annotation. Focus annotation primarily on metaphor/structure/exaggeration/punctuation.
Rank ordering task. Push students to think about the effect of key words in preparation for the second part of the lesson.
Main 2 - Model paragraph - Discuss/annotate evidence of how it is a good example.
Students then write up their own response in the same style as the model.
*Model is aimed at higher ability GCSE students. This can easily be simplified to suit lower ability.