Exploring the language of war

Last updated: 15/11/2023
Contributor: Anna W
Exploring the language of war
Main Subject
Key stage
Category
Reading: Poetry
Resource type
Student activity
Author
Wilfred Owen
Genre
World War One

A pre-reading and creative writing activity based on the war poem 'The Last Laugh' by Wilfred Owen. In the first activity students are given words from the poem in alphabetical order and are asked to identify what they think the poem might be about. For the second activity they're tasked with writing their own poem using a given selection of words. 

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