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Increasing “P” Marks in a Studied Poetry Response
Here is a very useful exercise which can be used for the following: To scaffold notes on a poet To revise poetry and retrieve previously learned knowledge To work on increasing “Clarity of Purpose” marks Begin with this document: (I have used Emily Dickinson as an example) https://docs.google.com/document/d/1TQE3QCpbfxY6uo6ovrx9i8x-BrFKaF0GGzOxDuCxPnw/edit Using your notes (or notes on this Continue reading
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Structuring a Paragraph
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-5o1wVGbcS7qoFg6cXNuh9B8FWZlKtjvtuHEOvfUgwE/edit Continue reading
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Poetic Techniques Bingo
This is a nice way of encouraging students to find and comment on various poetic techniques in both unseen and studied poetry. Students tick all that apply and are then expected to provide examples from within the poem. Continue reading
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The Lake Isle of Innisfree
WB Yeats The Lake Isle of Innisfree was written by Yeats while he was living in London in the late nineteenth century. It describes his yearning to live alone on an idyllic island on Lough Gill in Co. Sligo where he can enjoy the island’s natural beauty and serenity. The poem opens with the emphatic Continue reading
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Dulce et Decorum Est Notes
Poem: Dulce et Decorum Est by Wilfred Owen The poem is set at the Front during the First World War, a protracted and violent struggle that was characterised by trench warfare. Life in the trenches was bleak and soldiers from both sides died in their millions. Poets such as Wilfred Owen and his friend Siegfried Continue reading
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Emily Dickinson Notes
“Dickinson’s use of an innovative style to explore intense experiences can both intrigue and confuse.” Discuss this statement, supporting your answer with reference to the poetry of Emily Dickinson on your course. Poems: Hope is the Thing with Feathers, I Felt a Funeral in my Brain, I Heard A Fly Buzz When I died, A Continue reading
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WB Yeats Notes
The Lake Isle of Innisfree The Wild Swans at Coole September 1913 Easter 1916 Sailing to Byzantium (In Memory of Con Markiewicz and Eva Gore Booth) The Lake Isle of Innisfree This poem was written in 1888 and represents Yeats’ early romantic, lyrical and more idealistic style. The poem conveys Yeats’ yearning to escape the Continue reading
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