Teaching Pack
Teaching Pack - teaching ideas and resources for Sheers’ ‘The Wake’. 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
The Wake — Overview 2
Planning Learning and Teaching Activities: The Wake 3
Connect Phase (choose 1–2 activities) 3
Activate Phase (choose 1–2 activities) 3
Demonstrate Phase (choose 2–3 activities) 3
Consolidate Phase (choose 1–2 activities) 4
Activities — Detailed Implementation 4
Connect Phase Activities 4
Activate Phase Activities 6
Demonstrate Phase Activities 7
Consolidate Phase Activities 10
Student Handouts 11
Handout 1: Annotation Framework for The Wake 11
Handout 2: Essay Planning Sheet 12
Handout 3: Creative Writing Framework 13
Handout 4: Comparative Analysis Planner 14
Handout 5: Research Investigation Sheet for The Wake 15
Teacher Planning: Interactive Quizzes and Activities 16
Create a Wordwall Activity Suite — The Wake 16
Alternative Activities 18
Annotation and Investigation 18
Creative Corner: Multi-Format Responses 18
Debate and Defend 18
Essay Challenges 18
Critical Contexts and Further Reading 18
Literary Context: Skirrid Hill and the Poetry of Separation 18
Critical Perspectives 18
Essential Reading 19
Further Scholarly Articles 19
Assessment Objectives Alignment 19