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Key Stage 3

For the most exciting introduction to poetry and Shakespeare

Lessons

Understanding Lady Macbeth through the imagery she speaks in.

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Plays

by William Shakespeare

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Imagery Intention Poetic Diction Tone

A lesson that introduces wordplay, how it works in Shakespeare, so that you can do it for yourself.

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Plays

Much Ado About Nothing

by William Shakespeare

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Imagery Poetic Diction Wordplay

Understanding that a poem is the result of individual choices.

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Poems

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Intention Poetic Diction Tone

How to notice the difference between rhythm and metre.

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Plays

by William Shakespeare

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Iambic Pentameter Intention Metre Rhythm

Line Endings in Shakespeare

What Shakespeare’s line endings can tell us about his characters.

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Key Stage 3 Key Stage 4

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Plays

Romeo and Juliet

by William Shakespeare

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End-stopping Enjambment Iambic Pentameter Intention Metre

A lesson to get your class thinking critically about Shakespeare’s imagery.

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Plays

by William Shakespeare

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Imagery Intention Poetic Diction Tone

Why does a line of poetry end?

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Poems

'The Red Wheelbarrow'

by William Carlos Williams

'Emily Writes Such a Good Letter'

by Stevie Smith

by Gwendolyn Brooks

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End-stopping Enjambment Line Endings Modernism Rhyme Rhythm

Poetry vs Prose

Exploring what makes poetry poetry.

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Key Stage 3 Key Stage 4

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Poems

by Edward Thomas

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First World War Imagery Intention Poetic Diction Tone