Interactive Poetry 11-14 Student book

<p><strong>Section A: Poets and their poems</strong></p> <p><strong>Norman Silver</strong><br>Electronic Brain&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br>I want trainers&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br>Life is a ball&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br>Linking the Norman Silver poems&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>John Agard</strong><br>The Soldiers Came&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br>What The Teacher Said When Asked: What Er We Avin For Geography Miss?&nbsp;&nbsp;<br>Checking Out Me History&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br>Linking the John Agard poems&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Elizabeth Jennings</strong><br>The Moth’s Plea&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br>Casting a spell&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br>The Fish’s Warning&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br>Linking the Elizabeth Jennings poems&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Poems on a theme: Playing with words</strong><br>Anon: Why English is so hard &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br>David Horner: Little Acorns&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br>Malorie Blackman: Facing the Truth – with Haikus&nbsp;&nbsp;<br>Linking the Playing with words poems&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Poem pairings</strong><br>Lewis Carroll: Jabberwocky&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br>Trevor Millum: Jabbermockery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Section B: Poets and their poems</strong></p> <p><strong>Benjamin Zephaniah</strong><br>Wot a pair&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br>According to my mood&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br>Important notice&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br>Linking the Benjamin Zephaniah poems&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Jackie Kay</strong><br>English cousin comes to Scotland&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br>Tomorrow they’ll be coming to get me&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br>Pollution&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br>Linking the Jackie Kay poems&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>William Blake<br></strong>The Tyger&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br>Holy Thursday (Experience)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br>London&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br>Linking the William Blake poems&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Poems on a theme: Through my eyes</strong><br>Alan Smith: Weekend visit&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br>Susan Hrynkow: Grandfather&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br>Berlie Doherty: Quieter than snow&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br>Linking the Through my eyes poems&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Poem pairings</strong><br>WB Yeats: He Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven&nbsp;&nbsp;<br>Sheenagh Pugh: The boy with a Cloud in his Hand&nbsp;&nbsp;<br>Shakespeare: Sonnet 18&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br>Celia Warner: Shakespeare’s 18th Worm&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Section C: Poets and their poems</strong></p> <p><strong>Thomas Hardy<br></strong>A Light Snow-Fall after Frost&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br>Heredity&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br>The Walk&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br>Linking the Thomas Hardy poems&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Grace Nichols</strong><br>On Receiving a Jamaican Postcard&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br>Two Old Black Men on a Leicester Square Park Bench&nbsp;<br>For Forest&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br>Linking the Grace Nichols poems&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Ted Hughes</strong><br>Thistles&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br>The Harvest Moon&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br>The Thought Fox&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br>Linking the Ted Hughes poems&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Poems on a theme: Words of war</strong><br>Siegfried Sassoon: Suicide in the Trenches&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br>Ho Thien: Green Beret&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br>Goran Simic: Sorrow of Sarajevo&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br>Linking the Words of war poems&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Poem pairings</strong><br>Rupert M Loydell</p>