Dulce et Decorum est by Wilfred Owen

It is entirely fitting and proper that Wilfred Owen’s powerful “Dulce et Decorum Est” is the poem used for an exercise in close reading, discussion, analysis, and argumentative writing. Class members discuss focus questions in pairs, small groups, and then with the whole class before working individually to write an essay in response to the provided question. The complete text of Owen’s poem, focus questions, and worksheets are included in the richly detailed plan.