This is the fourteenth lesson in a scheme of work using Dean Atta’s modern novel ‘The Black Flamingo’, to explore AQA’s GCSE paper 2 unseen poetry component.
The lesson can be broken down as follows:
Focus Five: Recap of key information surrounding plot, key words and characterisation.
TASK: Read through and discussion of big ideas for poem ‘I want to be a pink flamingo’, additionally watching video from Dean Atta reading/discussing the poem.
TASK: Introduce WHAT/HOW/WHY approach to 27.1 question on the poem ‘I want to be a pink flamingo’. Whole class discussion on techniques and annotations for the poem, followed by class live model of a WHAT/HOW/WHY paragraph response.
TASK: Introduce students to GCSE mark scheme for unseen poetry and teacher to explain the mark scheme in further detail and support student understanding of what specific skills are assessed for this question. Student should then attempt their own paragraph independently.
TASK: Peer-assessment opportunity for students upon completion of their paragraph analysis, using the band 4 clear mark scheme as success criteria.
TASK: Consolidation of ideas learnt so far and answers to key questions from the start of the lesson.
PLENARY: Review of learning on roadmap.
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