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- 1. 1 2 3 4 5 How confident are you with this objective? L/O: How do I comment on the ideas and structure of a poem?
- 2. Pre-reading exercise • The Island Man is about a man who is from the Caribbean but lives in London. He always thinks of his home. • In your exercise books brainstorm ideas on what you think life on a Caribbean Island would be like.
- 3. Pre-reading exercise • Now brainstorm ideas about what living in a big English city is like e.g. London
- 4. Pre-reading exercise How do these locations differ? • • • Where would you prefer to live and why?
- 5. Use the rectangular inference sheet Try to complete each section
- 6. Pair share • Share your inferences with your partner • Do you have similar ideas? Different ideas?
- 7. How does the man feel about his home country? How does he feel about London? Find examples that back up your ideas.
- 8. How has the poet structured their ideas?
- 9. Writing about the structure The first half of the poem is peaceful and relaxing. It describes the … This makes the Caribbean seem… However, this changes when the poet switches the focus and begins to describe the reality of waking up to a new day in London. The narrator feels… This contrast helps to… Use EVIDENCE to back up your ideas. Explain why the words are effective.
- 10. 1 2 3 4 5 How confident are you with this objective? L/O: How do I comment on the ideas and structure of a poem?
- 11. How confident do you feel? RAF4 Identify and comment on the structure and organisation of texts, including grammatical and presentational features at text level Write today’s date in the box which applies to how confident you feel with RAF4.
- 12. 1 2 3 4 5 How confident are you with this objective? L/O: How do I comment on the language in a poem?
- 13. Draw your bingo table in your books!
- 14. S- Simile M- Metaphor R- Repetition O- Onomatopoeia RH- Rhyme A- Alliteration AS- Assonance P- Personification H- Hyperbole Fill each box in your bingo grid with a letter symbol. You can use them more than once!
- 15. Alliteration The river rushed rapidly Personification Time will not wait for us Metaphor An army of nettles Simile Angry like a lion Hyperbole She cried for days and days Personification The wind whispered Onomatopoeia Bang! Bang! Bang! The gunshots sounded. Hyperbole There were a million other things to do that day Rhyme She could not wait for ten past 8. Assonance How now brown cow Simile He smokes like a chimney Metaphor All the world’s a stage Assonance He eats sea weed each week Onomatopoeia Clang! Went the old clock Rhyme She has flower power! Hyperbole He is so tall he touches the sky Simile He was as tall as the sky Personification The sun kissed the flowers
- 16. Alliteration The river rushed rapidly Repetition Not a day went by, not a night went by Alliteration But before break time Metaphor The telephone, an unscheduled alarm clock, woke me this morning. Personification The sun smiled brightly all day. Onomatopoeia Over the cobbles he clattered and clashed. Repetition Sounds of the underground, the underground sounds. Personification The washer gurgled the detergent
- 18. Copy this table Metaphor - Sands / of a grey metallic soar (London as an unpleasant beach) Personification - the sun surfacing defiantly - to dull North Circular roar Alliteration - sun surfacing - Stanza 3 = Sands, soar, surge (like the sounds of the sea) Repetition - groggily groggily - muffling muffling
- 19. Think about the images the poet uses. What does this image suggest to you? his small emerald island
- 20. Think about the images the poet uses. What does this image suggest to you? his small emerald island
- 21. Think about the images the poet uses. What does this image suggest to you? his small emerald island
- 22. Think about the images the poet uses. What does this image suggest to you? his small emerald island
- 23. Think about the images the poet uses. What does this image suggest to you? his small emerald island
- 25. How has the poet used imagery to convey feelings? The poet has used imagery to convey a feeling of… “his small emerald island “. This suggests that the man feels… The word “ __” implies… P E E D
- 26. “the sun surfacing defiantly” “his crumpled pillow waves” “Another London day”
- 27. 1 2 3 4 5 How confident are you with this objective? L/O: How do I comment on the language in a poem?
- 28. How confident do you feel? RAF3 deduce, infer or interpret information, events or ideas from texts Write today’s date in the box which applies to how confident you feel with RAF3.