Good for personification and metaphor and performance. LONELINESS, HOMELESSNESS, REFUGEES Engage young people with poetry and make it relevant to them by applying learners critical skills to song lyrics. Everyone Sang by Siegfried Sassoon. Here are some poems recommended for use in Key Stage 3 lessons, grouped by themes. Great for a discussion on racism and prejudice and for promoting the ideas of justice and equality. Introduce children to poetry about historical tragedies. Example: Max As fast as a rabbit, Loud like a blasting stereo, As silly as a clown, Reemas Poem, Let no one steal your dreams by Paul Cookson. Refugees by Brian Bilston. The Garden by Franta Bass was written in a concentration camp and would be suited to discussions on racism, prejudice and Holocaust. Thank you! A poem is a city by Charles Bukowski is a crazy list of images about place. We have introduced a new course of study at KS3 after establishing, through pupil and parent surveys and questionnaires, that we need to do more in terms of helping our pupils to lead a healthy lifestyle. ALL KS3 Classes: A 27 page anthology packed with poems about nature. We hope they will inspire the educators in our community to bring even more poems into your classrooms! Poetry writing is, potentially, an ideal learning medium. Learn how to play Battle Frames, Shut the Box and Subitising Snap by clicking here. Refugees by Brian Bilston. A mysterious and bleak, almost blank, canvas. Can stimulate artwork. Skips Safety Net is a unique educational programme designed to provide teachers with the tools and confidence to engage parents, and then their children, in a concerted effort to encourage Whats the worst thing youve ever tasted? in Just-spring by e e cummins. WEATHER, NATURE Shakespeare Prologue to Romeo and Juliet, and All the Worlds A Stage. Through collaborative activities and a series of links, students will be able to explore the multiple meanings of a poem and consider the poets intentions. Midsummer, Tobago by Derek Walcott. A clever poem which can be read two ways. Poets include Shakespeare, Wordsworth, Clare, Angelou, Yeats, Barrett Browning, Keats and more. I Am by John Clare contains themes of loneliness and alienation, and has a background of the poets mental health problems. RECITATION The end-of-key-stage national tests and examinations have had a significant impact on poetry in schools. These all address the theme of refugees and war. A useful introduction to playing with language. Key Stage 3 Poetry resources. COVID-19 Catch-Up Funding Sample planning document developed by Bedford Academy. Let no one steal your dreams by Paul Cookson. New Dragon Book of Verse. Its brilliant. Preludes by TS Eliot. The end of the First World War. Excellent for performance. These are two songs, one by Mike Harding and the other by Paul McCartney. Pupils will be given a poem in the incorrect order and then have to find a more satisfactory sequence and justify their choices (though it doesnt matter whether the result matches the poets final draft). AO1, AO2, AO3 Equality in non-fiction st Non-fiction speech focusing on equality. Uncertainty of the Poet by Wendy Cope. Recent years has seen a move towards a 2-year KS3 to help prepare students for GCSE. Despite its often intimidating reputation, poetry can be a powerful tool with which engage your students enthusiasm, creativity and imagination, argues Fay Lant. Good for years five or six. 2.2 The school curriculum comprises all learning and other experiences that each school plans for its pupils. To articles on this blog shares My love of poetry with these Collaborative activities simple! Some poems recommended for use as part of a unit of study using a Post-1914 play poetry is. 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