GCSE Poetry Lesson: ‘Out Out’ by Robert Frost
- Grades
- Grades 9–12, High School
- File type
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Use
- Digital activity
- Subject
- ELA, Literature, Poetry
- Topic
- poetry lesson, writing tasks
- Resource types
- Teacher Tools, Lesson Plans
- Use
- Digital activity
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What's inside this resource
‘Out Out’ by Robert Frost remains an inspirational text that resonates strongly for the adolescent audience. I have used this detailed PowerPoint lesson (22 slides, approximately 2 hours teaching time) to lead my learning in class, as a distance learning material/homework and even as a tool of revision – all have worked well for the students.
This beautifully illustrated lesson contains a brief author biography, a starter activity, content and narrative questions, language device questions, structure questions, an academic writing task, an extension task, a homework assignment and a plenary. All the time-consuming work has been done for you, this is a complete resource. Enjoy.
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In the classroom
Teaching tips & learning objectives
Learning objectives
- Analyze how Frost uses tone and language devices
- Explain how structure and form shape the poem's meaning
- Write an analytical paragraph using the PETAL structure
Teaching tips
- The starter activity links to a YouTube video, so that slide needs internet access.
Skills covered
- Annotation — marking up a first reading of the full poem
- Analytical writing — drafting PETAL paragraphs (Point, Evidence, Technique, Analysis, Link)
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Core concepts
Core concepts
- Tone
- Emotive language
- Structure and form
- PETAL paragraph
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