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Engage Your Students with Siegfried Sassoon’s Base Details – A Powerful WWI Poetry Resource. This comprehensive teaching pack delves into Siegfried Sassoon’s biting satire Base Details, offering a complete lesson sequence designed to develop students’ analytical skills and historical understanding. Ideal for KS3 and GCSE English Literature classes, the resource aligns with the AQA Power and Conflict cluster and Edexcel Conflict Poetry requirements, while also supporting cross-curricular links to History (WWI).

Key Features:
•Contextual Exploration: Biographical details about Sassoon’s wartime experiences and his protest against the war’s mismanagement.

•Glossary of Terms: Clear definitions of key vocabulary and literary techniques (e.g., oxymoron, euphemism, juxtaposition) to strengthen language analysis.

Structured Tasks: Step-by-step activities including:

►Technique Matching: Pair quotes with literary devices (metaphor, irony, alliteration).

►Tone Thermometer: Students rank lines by intensity of criticism, from mild disapproval to brutal truth.

►Close Analysis Prompts: Guided questions on key lines (e.g., “die—in bed”) to unpack Sassoon’s anger

►Critical Reflection: A final written task synthesising Sassoon’s anti-war message.

Curriculum Links:
•English Literature GCSE (AQA, Edexcel, OCR): Poetry analysis, writer’s intent, and contextual influences.

•History KS3/4: WWI leadership, soldier experiences, and war poetry as protest.

•English Language Skills: Persuasive techniques, inferential reading, and comparative writing.

Why Choose This Resource?
★Ready-to-Use: Worksheets, answer frameworks, and discussion prompts minimise prep time.

★Perfect for: Classroom teaching, revision sessions, or remote learning. Equip students to critique Sassoon’s scornful portrayal of cowardly officers and reflect on war’s human cost.

Download now to bring this iconic protest poem to life!