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GCSE Poetry Lesson: ‘Poem at Thirty-Nine’ by Alice Walker

An educational teaching resource from Flynn's Educational entitled GCSE Poetry Lesson: ‘Poem at Thirty-Nine’ by Alice Walker downloadable at Teach Simple.
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Poetry

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Grade 9, 10, 11, 12

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About This Product

GCSE Poetry Lesson: 'Poem at Thirty-Nine' by Alice Walker is a teaching resource designed to bring alive Walker's profound poetry. It offers educators a dynamic tool for exploring English literature in public schools and homeschooling environments.

The resource focuses on Walker’s ‘Poem at Thirty-Nine’. This poignant narrative explores themes such as aging, regret, and celebration. It is suitable for students from Grade 9 through 12.

Contained within this single Microsoft PowerPoint file are 22 slides outlining a comprehensive lesson journey:

  • An initial activity designed to ignite interest in the poem's themes
  • Detailed information about the author, Alice Walker
  • In-depth questions probing content-language-structure aspects of the text
  • An academic writing task aimed to foster critique and analysis skills among students
  • Extension tasks for further exploration of classroom learnings

This flexible teaching resource can be implemented as:

  1. A full-group class instruction activity,
  2. A smaller group assignment promoting peer-to-peer learning or,
  3. a self-paced independent homework assignment.
    This makes it an adaptable tool for all educational setups.

    The package concludes with a homework activity reinforcing learned material and fostering responsibility for independent studies among learners—followed by plenary closure ensuring complete understanding before ending the class session.

    Beyond offering educators a structured lesson plan to explore meaningful poetry, GCSE Poetry Lesson: 'Poem at Thirty-Nine' is fuss-free—with no additional effort required from teachers—creating an engaging learning atmosphere guaranteed to inspire young minds! +

What's Included

1 PowerPoint with 22 ready to display slides

Resource Tags

GCSE Poetry Alice Walker Poem at Thirty-Nine Lesson plan Literary analysis

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