Sonnets - Year 7 & Year 8 - teaching resource

Sonnets - Year 7 & Year 8  

This differentiated Year 7/8 KS3 English teaching resource explores sonnets in a fun and engaging way. First, it provides an example Shakespearian sonnet and explains the 'rules' of sonnet poetry. Pupils are then tasked with exploring an example sonnet and discussing its structure and language.

The second part of the lesson helps students construct their own sonnet. Learners are given a scaffolded approach and an example sonnet to help them construct a class and an individual poem.

The PowerPoint is fully editable, and it's differentiated using 'Gold', 'Silver' and 'Bronze' activities to assure that all children are challenged and can achieve.

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