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Poetry
Challenge
question: Why are
titles of poems
important?
TASK: On
your
whiteboards
, thoughtshower
different
ideas for
National anthem
A song or lament
Something that is recognised by others
Significant and important
Reasons behind them
Morning Song
First
Impressions:
Do you think
it will be a
positive or
negative
Learningpoem?
Objective: to explore language and meaning in the poem
Morning Song
Learning Outcomes:
Diamond
Ranking
More information is
needed for the
meaning
to become clear
Morning Song
Love set you going like a fat gold watch.
The midwife slapped your footsoles, and your bald cry
Took its place among the elements.
Whitens and swallows its dull stars. And now you try
Your handful of notes;
The clear vowels rise like balloons.
Reading a
Poem
READING 1
Morning Song
Love set you going like a fat gold watch.
The midwife slapped your footsoles, and your bald cry
Took its place among the elements.
Whitens and swallows its dull stars. And now you try
Your handful of notes;
The clear vowels rise like balloons.
Reading a
Poem
READING 2
You have 10 seconds to scan this
poem and pick out NEON lines,
vivid words or phrases.
Write them on the post-it.
Morning Song
Love set you going like a fat gold watch.
The midwife slapped your footsoles, and your bald cry
Took its place among the elements.
Whitens and swallows its dull stars. And now you try
Your handful of notes;
The clear vowels rise like balloons.
Reading a
Poem
READING 3
You have 10 seconds to scan this
poem and focus on:
Tone and mood
Write them on the post-it.
Whitens and swallows its dull stars. And now you try
Your handful of notes;
The clear vowels rise like balloons.
1. Where is the
connection to
morning?
2. Where is the
connection to
song?
B-grade
answer
The poet presents
the ways that
children are affected by war by
showing that it takes away their
innocence as it is told from the
perspective of a child.
Alliteration is used as the sirens
ripped open the warm silk of
sleep. This literally says that
the sirens woke them while they
were sleeping, however this also
represents that during their sleep
they can dream as they please
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2 minutes
PEA
A-grade
answer
The poet presents the
ways that
children are affected by war by
showing that it takes away their
innocence as it is told from the
perspective of a child. Alliteration is
used as the sirens ripped open the
warm silk of sleep. This literally says
that the sirens woke them while they
were sleeping, however this also
represents that during their sleep they
can dream as they please. By ripping
this away it shows that the war took
away all of their dreams and forced
them to live in a cold, cruel reality.
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cocoon of childhood which was warm
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B-grade
answer
The poet presents
the ways that
children are affected by war by
showing that it takes away
their innocence as it is told
from the perspective of a child.
Alliteration is used as the
sirens ripped open the warm
silk of sleep. This literally
says that the sirens woke them
while they were sleeping,
however this also represents that
during their sleep they can
C/B-grade
targets:
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dream as they
pleaseOn
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done that everyone needs to
do in their answers.
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PEA
A-grade
answer
The poet presents the
ways that
children are affected by war by
showing that it takes away their
innocence as it is told from the
perspective of a child. Alliteration is
used as the sirens ripped open the
warm silk of sleep. This literally
says that the sirens woke them while
they were sleeping, however this also
represents that during their sleep they
can dream as they please. Being
ripped open shows that the war
took away all of their dreams and
forced them to live in a cold, cruel
reality. Before the war they lived
happily in a cocoon of childhood which
wasA/A*-grade
warm andtargets:
silky, but
now
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is the
reality
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imagery
of a giant
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Success Criteria
On your mini-whiteboards, make a list
of things you will need to include when
writing your own PEA paragraph
(NB: You will need to keep these for
later so dont wipe them!)
Responding
in Writing
Success Criteria
Using your success criteria on your
whiteboards from earlier, mark your
partners response and comment on:
WWW:
(What went well)
EBI:
(Even better if)
Reflecting on
your learning.