Two Scavengers in a Truck - teaching resource

FREE English Teaching Resources: Poems from Different Cultures – Two Scavengers in a Truck, Two beautiful people in a Mercedes (Lawrence  Ferlinghetti). 

Lesson consists of a 26 slide PowerPoint. 

Every lesson is structured with focused objectives and all lessons are organised using the four part lesson structure: starter activity, introduction, development and plenary.  English Teaching Resources: Poems from Different Cultures – Two Scavengers in a Truck, Two beautiful people in a Mercedes (Lawrence  Ferlinghetti) fully utilises PowerPoint as an effective teaching tool; all PowerPoint slides are clear and simple to follow and use a number of techniques to help students develop knowledge and understanding of the poem.  Prominent headlines, helpful use of colour, photographs and video are all used to bring analysis of the poem alive.   The resource can also be used very effective on a PC or laptop in one to one tuition with students.

English Teaching Resources: Poems from Different Cultures – Two Scavengers in a Truck, Two beautiful people in a Mercedes (Lawrence  Ferlinghetti) is a comprehensive and extensive resource.  A series of lessons designed to develop pupil knowledge and understanding of all parts of the poem.  It includes a wide range of activities for pupils of all abilities such as:

    * a biography of Lawrence Ferlinghetti and the social and historical context of Two Scavengers in a Truck
    * activities to develop knowledge of the ‘narrative’ of Two Scavengers in a Truck
    * exploration of key themes (The gap between rich and poor, US society, political and social inequality )
    * the literary, social and historical context of the poem  (San Francisco in the 1960s, C21st California)
    * developing awareness of techniques used in poetry – metaphor, simile, repetition, etc
    * teaching the use of Point/Evidence/Explain to write about Two Scavengers in a Truck
    * Lawrence Ferlinghetti’s purpose and the poem’s meaning
    * analysis of Lawrence  Ferlinghetti’s use of structure and language
    * Lawrence Ferlinghetti’s use of poetic techniques
    * developing inference and deduction skills
       
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