Teaching Pack
Teaching Pack - teaching ideas and resources for Duffy’s ‘Never Go Back’. Lesson planning ideas and resource materials for active learning, critical thinking and creative approaches to explore the poem in detail.
Lessons are structured around, but not limited to, the following learning continuum: Connect - Activate - Demonstrate - Consolidate.
This is the content page from the Teaching Pack:

Contents
Introduction to A Level AHEAD 2
‘Never Go Back’ — Poem Overview 2
Planning Learning and Teaching Activities 3
Connect Phase (select one or two) 3
Activate Phase (select one or two) 3
Demonstrate Phase (select two or three) 4
Consolidate Phase (select one or two) 4
Activities — Detailed Implementation 5
Connect Phase — Detailed Implementation 5
Activate Phase — Detailed Implementation 7
Demonstrate Phase — Detailed Implementation 10
Consolidate Phase — Detailed Implementation 13
Student Handouts 17
Handout 1: Annotation Framework — ‘Never Go Back’ 17
Handout 2: Essay Planning Sheet 18
Handout 3: Creative Writing Framework — ‘Forward Only’ 19
Handout 4: Comparative Analysis Planner — Duffy and Larkin on Place 20
Handout 5: Research Investigation Sheet 21
Teacher Planning: Interactive Quizzes and Activities 22
Genially Escape Room — Teacher Version 22
Genially Escape Room — Student Version 26
Alternative Activities 27
Critical Contexts and Further Reading 28
Assessment Objectives Alignment 29