Year 9 English - Poetry

 Year 9 English - War and Disability Poetry

This  half-term the Year 9's have been exploring poetry, specifically within the themes of  'war' and 'disability'. They have studied a GSCE level text - a poem called 'Disabled' by Wilfred Owen. In order to understand this text, the pupils have had to first learn the context behind the poem, this has meant independently researching about World War One. They went on to anaylse the poem using both literary skills and the context they have learnt about. From there, they used flowers and FLIRT (Form, Language, Imagery, Rhyme and Theme/Tone) to plan and write their answers to the question "How does Wilfred Owen represent theme in the poem 'Disabled'?". All the pupils have tried incredibly hard this half-term and they should be proud of the work they have produced.