Seamus Heaney Teaching Resources
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Death of a Naturalist 1: Investigate the use of alliteration and assonance in the poem. |
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Death of a Naturalist 2: Match up words from the poem to the correct category and consider the reasons why Heaney used them. |
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Death of a Naturalist 3: Rank suggested summaries of the poem and discuss the questions about structure. |
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Follower 1: A set of 18 questions on the poem. |
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Connect 1: A grid of clues to revise Follower. A blank grid is included on the second page for students to prepare their own revision quizzes. |
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Mid-term break lesson: Detailed lesson plan to explore the poem. Originally intended for GCSE students studying AQA spec A but can be adapted. |
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The Barn 1: A set of activities to explore the poem in detail. |
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| Clarke/Heaney nature essay: Example of an essay, with planning, with the title 'Compare how nature is presented in Death of a Naturalist by Seamus Heaney, one poem by Gillian Clarke, and two pre-1914 poems'. |
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| Clarke/Heaney nature essay with notes: The same essay as above but with comments to show where and how it addresses the assessment objectives. |