Based on The Poems From 2005 onwards Anthology.

Uses the acronym TIP TOP

Based on The Poems From 2005 onwards Anthology.

Get students to understand devices with these examples

Complete scheme of work with resources for a module on The Witches by Roald Dahl. Includes lesson plans and worksheet handouts.

A sorting activity where pupils match the device to its definition and its example.

se- Insert the correct words and show your pupils how it should be done!

A copy of Hurricane Hits England by Grace Nichols that has annotations with a variety of poetic techniques and devices for students to match to the text. Great GCSE poetry revision. Based on The Poems From Different Cultures Anthology.

Fun starter to exercise students' memory and introduce them to new vocabulary words. Culminates in a descriptive writing exercise.

Useful for pupils and teachers.

It is based on The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe. It is very short, pupils can then complete the mini discussion activity to help them think about the structure.

The final lessons to go with the first half of the scheme of work based on the supermarket, designing your own cafe menu and promoting a new cereal. The cereal boxes have been uploaded onto TES.

Useful for pupils

Students write examples of poetic devices from the poems they have studied in their tables and then refer to the effect of these examples and which devices are used. Printable and ready to use.

Poems from the Duffy, Armitage and Pre1914 Anthology.

Brief description of each area for teachers' notes

A worksheet that encourages students to revise Moniza Alvi's poem 'Presents from My Aunts in Pakistan&' for GCSE. It has a copy of the poem and a series of annotations that require completion. Based on The Poems From Different Cultures Anthology.

with this fun and creative test! A great activity to do before an exam.

Pupils complete the booklet on their own, under exam conditions. This results in pupils studying a range of conflict/war poems and an essay on the poem Futlity. This task can also be combined with the futile nature of conflict in Romeo and Juliet- AQA Literature Controlled Assessment.

Not quite as good as the original Macbeth version but it works! It takes approximately one hour to act the whole play out.