Night of the Scorpion

(Night of the Scorpion - English teaching resource featuring 34 slides)

Key Stage : 4

English Teaching Resources: Poems from Different Cultures - Night of the Scorpion (Nissim Ezekiel)

Lessons include a 34 slide PowerPoint - To preview this PowerPoint click on the images below.
English Teaching Resources: Poems from Different Cultures - Night of the Scorpion (Nissim Ezekiel) is the perfect resource for teaching the AQA Anthology GCSE English poem Night of the Scorpion by Grace Nichols. The English Teaching Resources: Poems from Different Cultures - Night of the Scorpion (Nissim Ezekiel) resources include a 34 slide PowerPoint to help teach one of KS4 / GCSE English’s most widely examined poems.
Every lesson is designed with focused objectives and all lessons are organised using the four part lesson structure: starter activity, introduction, development and plenary. Our Night of the Scorpion resource fully utilises PowerPoint as an effective teaching tool; all PowerPoint slides are clear and easy to follow and use a number of techniques to help students develop knowledge and understanding of the poem Night of the Scorpion. Eye catching headlines, effective use of colour, photographs and video are all used to make the resource come alive for students.   The resource can also be used very effective on a PC or laptop in one to one tuition with students.
As with all our resources, the Night of the Scorpion PowerPoint allows teachers to edit the content of every slide. Teachers can tweak, personalise and differentiate to their heart’s content.

English Teaching Resources: Poems from Different Cultures - Night of the Scorpion (Nissim Ezekiel) is a detailed and comprehensive resource. A series of lessons made to develop pupil knowledge and understanding of all parts of the poem. English Teaching Resources: Poems from Different Cultures - Night of the Scorpion (Nissim Ezekiel) covers all the key areas required by the National Curriculum and includes a wide range of activities for pupils of all abilities such as:

    * a quick biography of Nissim Ezekiel and the social and historical context of Night of the Scorpion
    * activities to develop knowledge of the ‘narrative’ of Night of the Scorpion
    * exploration of the key themes of Night of the Scorpion (religion, superstition, reincarnation etc)
    * the literary, social and historical context of the poem
    * developing awareness of techniques used in poetry – metaphor, imagery, personification, simile, etc
    * teaching the use of Point/Evidence/Explain to write about Night of the Scorpion
    * Nissim Ezekiel’s purpose and the poem’s meaning
    * analysis of Nissim Ezekiel’s use of language in Night of the Scorpion
    * Nissim Ezekiel’s use of poetic techniques
    * developing inference and deduction skills
    * Exam preparation (Question analysis/comparing texts, etc)

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