War poetry

A card sort activity for 'Dulce et Decorum Est', encouraging students to develop their comments about the effects of language in the poem.

Various tasks which encourage a close analysis of the poem and study of its visual imagery, culminating in a storyboard activity. The matching whizzy features keywords from the poem.

A starter activity which encourages students to write their own poetry and reflect on the significance of the words in the poem.

The disemvowelled version of 'Dulce et Decorum Est' for students to puzzle over. Great as a way in to the poem. Click on the paragraph symbol button to reveal the full text.

A crunched version of Brooke's poem for students to sort into categories of their own devising.

Investigate the poet's attitude, language and structural choices with tasks including ranking, sorting and discussion based activities. Designed with the IGCSE in mind.

A selection of wider reading quotations. Useful as a prompt for discussion of themes and issues arising, for any syllabus.

Owen's poem 'The Send-off' and Asquith's 'The Volunteer' have been scrambled together and jumbled up. Try to unscramble and resequence them.

Look at interpretations of the poem and decide which is the most effective and why, then answer a series of questions. (Answer sheet on page 3.) One of the evaluation tasks refers to 'Joining the Colours' by Katherine Tynan Hinkson.

A helpful resource, encouraging students to explore the language and techniques of war poems, and then write their own. Includes a wordle image (www.wordle.net) and writing tasks.

A PowerPoint presentation of annotations in the form of questions to help students analyse the poem in detail.

A resource to help students compare Brooke's 'Soldier' with Owen's 'The Sentry'. The text is presented in alphabetical format for students to sort as they think appropriate. Teachers' guide included.

Use in class as a stimulus for creative writing and as a soft introduction to the text itself, before students have read the original. They use the words to write poems of their own. When the original poem is introduced there is a recognition and the possibility of special insights into the imagery.

An interactive matching version of some of the words from the 'High' and 'low' diction matching activity.

A list of ten questions.

Having read the poem, use this sheet to test understanding. Students pick the best answer.

Connect the rhymes from the poem - good starter for low ability. Interactive matching activity.

A range of comprehension and writing tasks are included in this pack. Pupils write on the sheets.

Instructions to help students complete online lesson activities on war poetry, either on screen or on paper. Three activities use Teachit resources and then a general internet search for students to complete.

20 questions useful as a plenary activity.

A versatile collection of words from the poem to explore.

Questions on the poem, plus a grid to compare it with 'Anthem for Doomed Youth' and 'Attack'.

a series of activities and questions. (Could be linked to 'Private Peaceful' at KS3.)

A copy of Henry V's rousing speech before the battle of Agincourt.

A copy of the poem with no title. Explore the things being described and think up a title for the poem.