This 18-slide lesson explores Rupert Brooke’s ‘The Soldier’.
The poem introduces students to ideas about patriotism and propaganda at the outbreak of the First World War, before exploring Brooke’s life and work.
After reading the poem together, students are encouraged to think critically about its language, imagery, form, structure and rhyme. Discussion prompts and targeted questions guide students through the poem. There is also a ‘game’ for students to identify linguistic techniques in the poem.
Annotations of the poem are modelled for students before thinking about the poem’s message and its status as a problematic poem from our 21st century perspective.
The lesson ends with an essay-style question for students, with an exemplar paragraph provided to demonstrate effective analysis.
The resources includes both an editable PowerPoint and a PDF to retain the aesthetic design.
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