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Poetry in the Classroom
Free resources for exploiting poetry

Alan Jefferies is a poet, author and teacher. He has kindly prepared lesson plans for you to use with his poems.

The first lesson plan introduces the poem “Sky Poem” and the poetic devices of anthropomorphism, imagery, rhyme, alliteration & assonance

The aim of this lesson is to stimulate students’ imagination and provide creative writing opportunities

Watch “Sky Poem”. Right click  and Save target as... to download it to your computer.

The second lesson plan introduces the poem “Seem” and exposes students to the use of different meanings of the item, ‘touch’, and the use of imagery

The aim of this lesson is to stimulate students' imagination.

Watch “Seem”.Right click  and Save target as... to download it to your computer.

Click here to download the lesson plans that go with the two videos.

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