Simon Armitage: writing your world
Why this, why now
In this unit, pupils learn more about how to read and write poetry by listening to words of wisdom from the Poet Laureate, Simon Armitage. They read a range of his poems about his life and the wider world, and start to write increasingly poetically in response to them.
Prior knowledge requirements
- Ardaydu waa inay yaqaanaan aasaaska maadada.
- Ardaydu waa inay awoodaan inay raacaan tilmaamo fudud.
Unit 9 / 9
Simon Armitage: writing your world
In this unit, pupils learn more about how to read and write poetry by listening to words of wisdom from the Poet Laureate, Simon Armitage. They read a range of his poems about his life and the wider world, and start to write increasingly poetically in response to them.
10 lessons- How Simon Armitage writes about the world in 'Resistance' and 'Out of the Blue'
- How Armitage writes about personal events and memories in 'Harmonium'
- Simon Armitage talks about 'I am very bothered' and 'My father thought it'
- Writing about the self and the world with Simon Armitage
- How Simon Armitage writes about human connection in 'All Right?' and 'Give'
- How Simon Armitage writes about climate change in 'Futurama'
- How Simon Armitage writes about news and media in 'Transmission Report'
- How Simon Armitage writes about hope in 'We'll Sing' and 'Only Human'
- Simon Armitage and the power of poetry
- How Simon Armitage writes about life in 'About his person' and 'Poem'