WWI - War Poetry

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 3

World War I - Trench Poetry

Lesson goals:

- You can understand the use of poetry.

- You can describe your feelings while listening to a poem.

- You can find the message of a poem. 

Lesson plan

1. What is trench poetry?

2. Dulce et Decorum est.

3. Read a poem aloud.

4. A message of hope. 

 

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Causes

Inciting incident

Result

Recap: Drag the tiles to the correct fields

Imperialism

First World War

Nationalism

Militarism

Assassination on 

Franz Ferdinand

Alliances

If you don't have internet, television or radio, how would you inform the people at home about the war you fighting in?

The advantages of poetry

Rhyme scheme

Sometimes I dream that I can fly.

I lift and flap my arms just so,

And soon I'm soaring to the sky.

Graceful like a bird I go.

The sound of the last words of the first and third line are similar, just as the sound of the last words of the second and the fourth. This is called a rhyme scheme: ABAB.

Dulce et Decorum est

• Listen to the poem (and read along)
• Answer the questions on the worksheet

The rhyme scheme of Dulce et Decorum est is:

1. ABAB
2. AABB
3. ABCABC
4. ABABCDCD

The emotion in
"Dulce et Decorum est" is:

1. Joy
2. Anger
3. Annoyance
4. Fear

The message of
"Dulce et decorum est" is:

1. Soldiers are brave.
2. When you are under attack, you have to fight.
3. There is no glory in war, only misery.
4. Another day at the front line.

Read it yourself

Make groups of four.

Prepare to read a poem aloud with the worksheet.

The Soldier

In Flanders Fields

The Kiss

Exposure

Poppies as the symbol of hope

• Listen to the poem and read along.
• Answer the question on the worksheet.

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