I am going to teach Sea Fever by John Masefield. It is a famous poem about the poet’s love of the sea. 

We will cover social history such as sailors knowing astronomy and using stars as their compass, and the use of a sextant for navigation.

We will look at mechanisms in poetry such as alliteration, repetition, personification, stanza forms and lexis. 

The students can interact, answer questions and give their own thoughts in this lesson.

I teach the material of each lesson in a relaxed,...