Teaching Pack - teaching ideas and resources for Larkin’s ‘Essential Beauty’. 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:

INTRODUCTION TO A LEVEL AHEAD 1
Essential Beauty – Overview 2
Planning Learning and Teaching Activities: Essential Beauty 3
Connect Phase (Choose 1-2 activities) 3
Activate Phase (Choose 1-2 activities) 3
Demonstrate Phase (Choose 2-3 activities) 4
Consolidate Phase (Choose 1-2 activities) 5
Activities – Detailed Implementation 5
Connect Phase Activities 5
Activate Phase Activities 6
Demonstrate Phase Activities 8
Consolidate Phase Activities 10
Wordwall Activity: Essential Beauty 12
Alternative Activities 16
Creative and Personal Response Activities 16
Discussion and Debate Activities 16
Essay-Based Activities 17
Research and Extension Activities 17
Student Handouts 18
Handout 1: Stanza Contrast Table 18
Handout 2: Brand Identification Research Grid 18
Handout 3: Theme to Evidence Linking Grid 19
Handout 4: Critical Voice Match Activity 19
Handout 5: Companion Advert Poem – Creative Brief 20
Handout 6: Annotation Framework 20