Power & Conflict Poetry Remains Annotation Tasks

Adapted tasks for teaching Simon Armitage’s ‘Remains’ which features in the Power and Conflict Poetry Anthology.

Includes:

• Copy of the poem
• Guided annotation tasks to support students to deconstruct the poem
• Key quotes selected for more detailed annotation
• ‘Start here’ / ‘End here’ clearly signposted to support students who may find the navigation of annotating challenging.

Sheet 2/Group 2 - tasks are more challenging, they challenge students to find their own quotes.

Group/pair task for student-led poetry analysis.

Lines are provided in the boxes to help students organise their ideas neatly. Space around the boxes too for extra annotation or to create a key to highlight key words/quotes.

This would be helpful for introducing students to annotating poetry.

When I have used this task I have printed it onto A3 so students have lots of space to write their ideas.