'Tissue' by Imtiaz Dharker

The All You Need Series offers a no-nonsense, clean, comprehensive package of resources needed to teach ‘Tissue’ by Imtiaz Dharker.

With years of experience teaching this poem to GCSE classes, small groups, and individuals, we have collated everything you will need to help students respond to the comparative essay question.

The package includes a 33-slide PowerPoint presentation, and a 35-page PDF.

PowerPoint Presentation:

• Annotated version of ‘Tissue’
• General overview
• Recurring themes and language
• Overview of structure with examples
• Close analysis of poetic techniques
• 10 reading for meaning questions and answers
• 5 poems identified as good comparisons
• Three responses to a question of varying quality
• 5 example questions
• Extra slides recommended for photocopying

PDF:

• Annotated and clean versions of the poem
• Recurring themes and language activity
• Analysis of structure with examples
• Analysis of language techniques
• 10 Reading for meaning questions and answers
• More context information
• 5 poems identified as good comparisons
• 5 example questions, with high quality responses (each around 600 words)
• Word Search
• A list of 8 more lesson / activity ideas