Behind the Song – Wuthering Heights by Kate Bush meets Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë This worksheet explores the literary and thematic connections between Kate Bush’s song “Wuthering Heights” and Emily Brontë’s novel Wuthering Heights. It is structured into several parts, combining literary analysis, comprehension tasks, creative activities, and language-focused exercises. Learning Objectives This worksheet helps students: Understand key themes in both the song and the novel. Analyze the use of literary techniques in different mediums. Develop critical thinking through comparison and interpretation. Explore their creativity through imaginative writing and discussion tasks. This comprehensive and engaging resource deepens students’ appreciation of both texts while honing their literary analysis and creative skills. **Contents of the Worksheet : ** Warm-up Questions Introduces students to key themes such as love, obsession, and emotional conflict. Prompts students to consider their initial impressions of Cathy and Heathcliff’s relationship. Part 2: Literary Analysis of Song Lyrics Includes multiple lyrics from “Wuthering Heights” for analysis. Key topics: Themes of longing, separation, and obsession. Imagery and symbolism (e.g., “cold,” “window”). Emotional tone and its relationship to the novel’s themes. Comparison between Cathy’s perspective in the song and her portrayal in the novel. Part 3: Literary Extracts from the Novel Provides several excerpts from Wuthering Heights for analysis, such as: Catherine’s “I am Heathcliff” speech. Her anguish and declaration, “I cannot live without my soul.” Reflections on love, identity, and destruction. Questions focus on: Characterization of Catherine and Heathcliff. The role of nature as a symbol of their wild love. Themes of longing, obsession, and death. Connections between the novel and song. - Language in Use Task Analyzes literary techniques like metaphor, repetition, tone, and imagery. Encourages students to identify these techniques in both the song and the novel. -** Comprehensive and Comparison Questions** Guides students to compare themes, characters, and emotions in the song and novel. Highlights similarities and differences in how both texts portray Cathy and Heathcliff’s love story. Extension Activities and Creative Task Creative writing prompts, such as reimagining a scene from the novel or writing a new verse inspired by the song. Discussion prompts for deeper exploration of the themes, including the influence of nature and societal expectations. Answer Key Detailed explanations for all questions, covering: Song lyric analysis (themes, tone, symbolism). Literary analysis of novel excerpts (characterization, emotional tone, and symbolism). Comparative insights between the song and novel.

As a follow up to our study of different poetic forms and techniques, students now begin to see poetry in the music they listen to every day. This is collaborative presentation in which groups of 5 students select some meaningful issue in the study of poetry and popular lyrics, take a position on that issue, analyze it as if it is a poem and then present an argument to the whole class. My resource consists of PDF document and PowerPoint presentation. I included : Description and instructions Procedure and Tips Structure of presentation Group members - roles Guidelines for good oral presentation List and Examples of Literary Devices Peer and teacher evaluation / evaluation criteria In -class essay (an exmaple)

Talking about death is always difficult, especially for young people. The aim of this material is to encourage students to think and talk about the topic of death by introducing various sources and different ways people deal with tragic losses. I hope it will be of use to you. My students were more than engaged during the lessons. In the introductory part, students discuss traditions, celebrations, and ceremonies associated with birth, marriage, and death read a short biography of Dylan Thomas listen and fill in the gaps in the text to the poem by Dylan Thomas - Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night answer questions to understand the song compare and Contrast - the poem by Dylan Thomas and song by Tupac Shakur (Me Against The World) TV SHOW - Grey’s Anatomy - discussing a short video in which Dr. Miranda Bailey captures the opinion Dylan Thomas voices in his poem, “Do Not Go Gentle into that Good Night.” writing: compare and contrast Dylan Thomas’ “Do not go Gentle into that Good Night”, Tupac’s “Me Against the World” and Grey’s Anatomy episode, recording the similarities and differences. additional activity materials and resources