RUPERT BROOKE THE DEAD 3 LESSONS REMOTE OR NOT KS3 ENGLISH

THREE LESSONS TO HELP PUPILS UNDERSTAND THE POEM ‘THE DEAD’ AND THE RELEVANCE OF ASSOCIATED CONTEXT. LESSON 3 ALSO ALLUDES TO ‘PEACE’ ANOTHER OF BROOKE’S POEMS. FOCUS IS ON PATRIOTISM, IMAGERY, SONNET FORM AND GENERALLY HOW LANGUAGE CAN BE A POWERFUL TOOL. LEARNING CULMINATES IN A FINAL TASK TO WRITE A LETTER HOME FROM BROOKE TO HIS MOTHER THAT SHOWS HIS IDYLLIC VIEW OF THE WAR AND THE IDEA OF DYING DURING BATTLE. THESE LESSONS HAVE BEEN REMOTELY DELIVERED WITH Y8 BUT COULD WORK EQUALLY WELL FACE TO FACE. HOPE THEY SAVE YOU SOME WORK!