Medusa and Demeter, by Carol Ann Duffy

Included:

-A copy of the poem

• PowerPoint introducing Duffy’s “The World’s Wife”, Characters from Greek Mythology, Medusa, Demeter the poems, ‘Medusa’ and 'Demeter", and slides explaining various poetic techniques (imagined as a carousel place mat activity to be used to help pupils annotate the poem).
• The PowerPoint also takes pupils through how to answer Scottish Set Text Language questions using QTAR, with examples: Quotation, Technique, Analysis, Refer to Question.
• 2x Understanding questions - one for each poem
  -2x Analysis questions in the format of the Scottish Set Text paper (can be adapted quickly and easily to suit alternative qualifications).

*note: this unit has been designed for use with an S3, in order to familiarise them with the Scottish Set Text section of the National 5 exam. It can, however, be used across a multitude of qualifications.