Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Poetry lessons. Since 1996, Americans have celebrated National Poetry Month throughout the month of April. Reading, writing, and ...

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, presented ...

These lesson plans aim to help students, aged 7 to 19, explore the choices that poets make and experiment with their own. Download: Poetry - resource sheet 2 street scene illustration (241.9 KB PDF) ...

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 ...

Poet Jasmine Gardosi was commissioned by the British charity National Literacy Trust to write a poem about the pandemic. So, she performed a poem while riding an actual roller coaster. Video by Paul ...

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 more ...