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How Are We Supposed To Do It?

AO1• respond to texts critically and imaginatively; select and evaluate relevant textual detail to illustrateand support interpretations (SAY INTELLINGENT THINGS! INTERPRET AND ANALYSE. QUOTE)

AO2• explain how LANGUAGE, STRUCTURE AND FORM contribute to writers’ presentation of ideas, themes and settingsThese are the only two assessment objectives for

Section B (Unseen Poetry)They carry equal weighting

Now you just need to think about how to write it to show the examiner your skills

Some facts:• You will write for 30 minutes in

response to the unseen question.

• You should plan for 5 minutes, write for 20 minutes and check for 5 minutes.

• You should aim to write 5-7 paragraphs around key ideas in this time.

You have 2 minutes

To create your perfect pizza…• What will it look like?• What toppings will be

on it?• Be adventurous!

Cheese burger and chips pizza anyone?

Think of approaching the unseen like making a pizza…..

There are certain things you need to have: base, tomato sauce, cheese

So what things would you definitely need to put into your answer to make

it successful?

But if you add extra toppings (details) you would have a incredibly exciting feast.

So what other elements would you add to your answer to make it an extra special response?

Your basic ingredients and your special toppings

• Meaning – what are the ideas/themes/issues/feelings that the poem explores.• Main Structure/Form points– how does it look on the page? • Main Language and Techniques – that are used to explore the

ideas/feelings/themes. Inc. Diction - Are there any words or phrases that you find interesting? And Imagery – Some of the words and phrases you have used create a visual image. What are these visual images and what do they make you think of?

• Personal Response – how does the poem make you feel? What do you think it’s about? What are you meant to learn from this?

• Voice – What type and tone of voice do you imagine? who is speaking in the poem? What is the persona of the poem? Why do they stand out to?

• Title – what does the title make you think? How does it link to the poem?• Opening and Closing lines are really important – how do they link with the title?• Other, more detailed observations about structure eg What lines seem to really

stand out? Any very long or very short lines? What are the stanzas like? Any differences in the length and why? Sonnet? Couplets?

• Other, more detailed observations about language and techniques eg alliteration.

Putting it all into practice

• You now have an “unseen” poem. • Read it and read the question about the poem.• Use ‘pizza topping’ method to make 5-7 key

comments about the poem.

Key Term What does it mean? Why is it used?

Stanza Verse

Simile Comparison using “like” or “as”

Metaphor Comparison -saying something is something it is not

Personification Something non-human is given human characteristics

Onomatopoeia A word that replicates the sound it describes

Alliteration: Two initial sounds repeated close together

•Sibilance The S- sound

•Plosives The P and B-sound

•Fricatives The F and TH sound

Assonance Repetition of vowels

Enjambment Sentences run on across verses

Rhyme Same Endings

Rhythm Beat

Tone Feel

Juxtaposition Placing close together

Hyperbole Exaggeration

Euphemism Kind or nice version

Cliché Overused phrase

Oxymoron Two word phrase that contradicts

The Next Unseen Poem… How to Leave the World that Worships Should

Let faxes butter-curl on dusty shelves.Let junkmail build its castles in the hushof other people’s halls. Let deadlines burstand flash like glorious fireworks somewhere else.As hours go softly by, let others cursethe roads where distant drivers queue like sheep.Let e-mails fly like panicked, tiny birds.Let phones, unanswered, ring themselves to sleep.Above, the sky unrolls its telegram*,immense and wordless, simply understood:you’ve made your mark like birdtracks in the sand -now make the air in your lungs your livelihood.See how each wave arrives at last to heaveitself upon the beach and vanish. Breathe.Ros Barber

1. Use the techniques sheet to annotate the poem. It is not exhaustive and you should be able to find more.

2. Write the techniques into the boxes.

3. Fill in the remaining boxes.

What do you think is the poet’s attitude towards the way we live and work in themodern world and how does she present this attitude to the reader?

Meaning Main Structure/Form Points

Main Language and Techniques Personal Response

Extra topping 1 Extra Topping 2

Meaning Main Structure/Form Points

Main Language and Techniques Personal Response

Extra topping 1 Extra Topping 2

Key Term What does it mean? Why is it used?

Stanza Verse

Simile Comparison using “like” or “as”

Metaphor Comparison -saying something is something it is not

Personification Something non-human is given human characteristics

Onomatopoeia A word that replicates the sound it describes

Alliteration: Two initial sounds repeated close together

•Sibilance The S- sound

•Plosives The P and B-sound

•Fricatives The F and TH sound

Assonance Repetition of vowels

Enjambment Sentences run on across verses

Rhyme Same Endings

Rhythm Beat

Tone Feel

Juxtaposition Placing close together

Hyperbole Exaggeration

Euphemism Kind or nice version

Cliché Overused phrase

Oxymoron Two word phrase that contradicts itself

Finally, do one as a group.

1.Fill in the first box2.Discuss your answers as a group,

filling yours in with anything that comes from the discussion that you missed.

3.Fill in the second box4.Etc

Children In WartimeSirens ripped openthe warm silk of sleep;we ricocheted to the sheltermoated by streetsthat ran with darkness.People said it was a storm,but fl ak*had not the right soundfor rain;thunder left such huge cratersof silence,we knew this was no giantplaying bowls.And later,when I saw the jaw of glass,where once had hungmy window spun with stars;it seemed the skylay broken on my fl oor.Isobel Thrilling

How does this poet present the ways children are affected by war?