Learning Questions:Learning Questions:

HOW DO POETS USE WORDS TO CREATE IMAGES?

WHAT DO THESE IMAGES TELL US ABOUT THE THOUGHTS, FEELINGS AND EMOTIONS IN THE POEM?

COURSEWORK EXAMS

Original Writing

Media

Shakespeare

20th Century Drama (play)

Prose Study (Novel)

3 Speaking & ListeningAssessments

Eng Paper1Sec A: Questions on Non

Fiction & Media textsSec B: Writing to Argue

Persuade or Advise

Eng Paper 2Sec A: Other Cultures PoetrySec B: Writing Inf/Ex/Descr

Lit Paper: ‘Of Mice & Men’And Poetry (Heaney & Clarke)

Lang: 40%

Lit:30%

Lang:60%

Lit:70%

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K

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L

L

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20% of the 40%

LOSS

DEATH

‘‘Mid Term Break’Mid Term Break’

By Seamus HeaneyBy Seamus Heaney

‘Wearing a poppy bruise’

‘Snowdrops and candles’

‘Gaudy scars’

‘In the four foot box as in his cot’

Task:Task:

Take a piece of display paperTake a piece of display paper Cut and stick your images on the paperCut and stick your images on the paper Write the quote next to themWrite the quote next to them Make a comment about why you chose Make a comment about why you chose

this image and what it tells us about this image and what it tells us about Heaney’s thoughts, feelings and Heaney’s thoughts, feelings and emotionsemotions

Here’s an example…Here’s an example…

I used this image of a scar, but in the poem he says ‘no gaudy scars’ because ‘the bumper knocked him clear’. I think he will have mental scars after seeing his dead brother…

Think about these two Think about these two objects:objects:

Set out two columns:Set out two columns:

‘‘On My First Sonne’On My First Sonne’ Explores death and Explores death and

lossloss Father - sonFather - son

‘‘Mid Term Break’Mid Term Break’ Explores death and Explores death and

lossloss Brother - brotherBrother - brother

Now, independently:Now, independently:

Write up some of the bullet points in your Write up some of the bullet points in your columns into complete sentencescolumns into complete sentences

Use the key words sheet to join together Use the key words sheet to join together the different parts of your sentencesthe different parts of your sentences

Be ready to feedbackBe ready to feedback This is a silent, independent task…This is a silent, independent task…