Develop a love for poetry at key stage three with the trusted Touchstones series. This diverse selection of over 150 poems features thought-provoking contemporary voices and much-loved favourites. Touchstones: A Teaching Anthology of Poetry will help you to:
· Explain and contextualise poems across a broad range of genres and themes
· Support your lessons with over 100 ready-made activities designed for independent, paired and group work
· Challenge your students with additional activities specifically designed to stretch their learning
· Build the skills required for the poetry element of the latest GCSE English Literature specifications, with chapters dedicated to comparative and unseen poetry
· Introduce a range of poets commonly studied at GCSE, from William Wordsworth to Imtiaz Dharker
· Introduce a range of contemporary poets, such as Kate Clanchy and Holly McNish, alongside more familiar classics
· Support the implementation of the 2014 national curriculum at Key Stage 3
Michael Benton has recently published a new collection of poetry: 'In the Mind's Eye'. Available in bookstores now.
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Professor Mike Benton is head of the Earth Sciences department at the University of Bristol. Specialising in dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals, Professor Benton has written and contributed to a large number of titles on these subjects, for both children and adults.
More about Michael BentonMichael Benton is a highly respected author of Britain's leading poetry anthologies for schools including the 'New Touchstones' series and three books on paintings and poems - 'Double Vision', 'Painting With Words' and 'Picture Poems'. He is a lecturer in the School of Education at the University of Southampton. Dr Peter Benton is a highly respected author o
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