This resource was completely overhauled on May 24, 2016 after considerable teaching to mixed year groups.
The resource now contains a 'Student Notes' page after each table.
The content works very well alongside the poem/poems and provides the initial discussion point(s) in relation to language/structure/context.
I took the Year 7 and 8 students outside and delivered this lesson on a grass-hill within the school grounds. We compared the size of a miniature Andrew Waterhouse to a maple seed ‘helicopter’ and the students took one each in hand, to work it up their bodies from their feet to their foreheads, to relate to him 'Climbing My Grandfather' - such a beautiful and touching example of Extended Metaphor.
An extensive resource showing Title / Author / Birth-Date / Poem Structure / Context / Subject-overview /
Poem Exploration, in very easy to analyse six-column tables across 32 x A4 sheets (or prints as a 16-page booklet).
A fantastic starting-point for student exploration, noting comparisons and interpreting facts in relation to all 15 poems.
Compare and Contrast at a glance / Formulate Ideas and Opinions / Interpret / Examine Metaphorical Content.
When We Two Parted; Love's Philosophy; Porphyria's Lover; Sonnet 29 - 'I think of thee!'; Neutral Tones;
Letters From Yorkshire; The Farmer's Bride; Walking Away; Eden Rock; Follower; Mother, any distance;
Before You Were Mine; Winter Swans; Singh Song!; Climbing My Grandfather
The resource now contains a 'Student Notes' page after each table.
The content works very well alongside the poem/poems and provides the initial discussion point(s) in relation to language/structure/context.
I took the Year 7 and 8 students outside and delivered this lesson on a grass-hill within the school grounds. We compared the size of a miniature Andrew Waterhouse to a maple seed ‘helicopter’ and the students took one each in hand, to work it up their bodies from their feet to their foreheads, to relate to him 'Climbing My Grandfather' - such a beautiful and touching example of Extended Metaphor.
An extensive resource showing Title / Author / Birth-Date / Poem Structure / Context / Subject-overview /
Poem Exploration, in very easy to analyse six-column tables across 32 x A4 sheets (or prints as a 16-page booklet).
A fantastic starting-point for student exploration, noting comparisons and interpreting facts in relation to all 15 poems.
Compare and Contrast at a glance / Formulate Ideas and Opinions / Interpret / Examine Metaphorical Content.
When We Two Parted; Love's Philosophy; Porphyria's Lover; Sonnet 29 - 'I think of thee!'; Neutral Tones;
Letters From Yorkshire; The Farmer's Bride; Walking Away; Eden Rock; Follower; Mother, any distance;
Before You Were Mine; Winter Swans; Singh Song!; Climbing My Grandfather
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This has clearly taken some time in production. Provides an overview of each poem with guidance on content and style. It needs proof reading in some areas.
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