To introduce students to close reading poetry and using writing to understand reading; to prepare them to write a 4-6 page essay on a single poem Students have read selected poems and the chapter on ...

These lesson plan units were developed to work with the video-short Discovering Angel Island: The Story Behind the Poems and the Pacific Link website. There are three elementary level lesson units and ...

This refugee poem lesson plan will help students explore an intimate, poignant portrait of the impact of forced ...

This National Poetry Day Live Lesson for KS2/2nd Level pupils explores the theme of 'change' and includes reading, performance and critical analysis of similes and metaphors. The programme ...

This set of shorter video clips is taken from the Live Lesson programme and can be used to teach individual topics. If you enjoyed these clips, why not catch up with this Live Lesson and learn ...