Year 9 · English · beta
Comparing poetry from the First World War
In this unit, pupils explore how poets responded to the horrors of the First World War. They first explore Brooke's 'The Soldier', before looking at McCrae's 'In Flanders Fields' and Naidu's 'The Gift of India'. They finally write a comparative response on perspectives of war and sacrifice.
This is an attributed Oak National Academy lesson sequence, not a completed or academically approved DASKEREL course. Supporting transcripts may depend on video, images, practical equipment or teacher explanation. Follow each lesson’s supervision guidance. For religious education and RSHE, follow the school’s syllabus, policy and safeguarding procedures.
Prior knowledge
- Pupils recognise key features of a poem including the title, stanzas, rhythm and rhyme
- Pupils are able to select quotations in support of a point
- Pupils can make logical inferences and justify these with clear reasons
- Pupils can identify some linguistic features, including metaphors
- Pupils can identify and use simple, compound and complex sentences
- Pupils can write using a single, consistent narrative perspective
Source curriculum references
- Read increasingly challenging pre-1914 English Poetry independently
- Read increasingly challenging contemporary English Poetry independently
- Understanding increasingly challenging texts through knowing purpose, audience and context of writing
- Using literary knowledge in writing
- Planning for a particular purpose
- Editing vocabulary, grammar and structure of writing
- Editing spelling, punctuation and grammar of writing
Oak source metadata. DASKEREL has not independently verified school-level coverage.
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