Poetry - Romantic poetry mini scheme, approx 10 lessons, 7 PPTs, builds comparing & unseen skills

Approximately 10 lessons worth of lessons tied together on the theme of Romantic poetry, updated March 2022. Originally written for a high ability year 9 group, but would also be suitable for years 10 or 11. 7 full PPTs covering 5 poems. A great introduction to unseen skills but also developing comparing!

The scheme contains lots of challenge and stretch and covers the following aspects of poetry:
Introduction to Romantic poetry - themes and ideas
Analysing unseen poetry skills
Key Romantic poets, contextual info
Love’s Philosophy
Bright Star
The School Boy
Chimney Sweeper
Daffodils
How to compare poems for an exam
High grade exemplar responses (paragraphs/ more extended pieces)

This scheme is an ideal way to provide students with a broader understanding of some of the more difficult poetry they might encounter and to familiarise them with the Romantic genre and movement in a more broad sense.

NB: Two acronyms are used within this scheme: STRIVE and PEEZL. STRIVE reminds pupils of aspects of poetry to consider (subject, theme/ tone, rhyme/rhythm, imagery, vocab, effect) and PEEZL is a way to structure response paragraphs (point, evidence, explain effect, zoom into words, link to question).