Grade 9 Kamikaze Lesson (With Comparison to The Emigree) Power and Conflict AQA

This lesson covers key content for the poem, three carefuly chosen quotes with steps that students can use to easily analyse them as well as prepared notes, extensive analysis and exploration of context, example comparative points to another poem from the anthology, as well as a writing frame to support all students and make the comparison paragraphs easy work.

Key vocabulary, terminology, and paragraph structuring is included, as are opportunities for students to mark and improve their own work through target codes.

Quotes include:

“A samurai sword”
“Huge flag waved”
“Little fishing boats”
“a shaven head full of powerful incantations”

Works towards:
Compare how the poets convey conflicting emotions in the poem ‘The Emigree’ and one other poem