GCSE ENGLISH LITERATURE: UNSEEN POETRY TEACHER GUIDE ...

GCSE ENGLISH LITERATURE: UNSEEN POETRY

TEACHER GUIDE & STUDENT WORKSHEETS

This booklet is a companion to the online curriculum available at . It includes the content from the `Unseen Poetry' course.

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Unseen Poetry

This pack covers how to approach unseen poetry, analyse it and the best strategies to use in an exam situation. This booklet contains:

? Suggested teaching order ? Learning objectives for each session ? Questions or activities that tutors could use in their sessions

Suggested Teaching Order and Learning Objectives

Lesson 1

2

3

Focus Overview: Unseen Poetry Analysing Unseen Poetry Unseen Poetry Strategies

Learning Objectives To be able to understand the plot of Macbeth and its nature as a History. To be able to understand the plot of Macbeth and how it relates to its context. To be able to understand how the character of Macbeth relates to key themes of the play.

Lesson 1

2

3

Lesson Focus Focus Overview: Unseen Poetry Analysing Unseen Poetry Unseen Poetry Strategies

Questions To be able to understand the plot of Macbeth and its nature as a History. To be able to understand the plot of Macbeth and how it relates to its context. To be able to understand how the character of Macbeth relates to key themes of the play.

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Poetic Devices

Personification: When an inanimate object or something non-human is described as having human qualities or feelings.

Simile: A comparison when one thing is said to be like another.

Metaphor: An image in which one thing is described as if it is another; not literally true.

Extended Metaphor: The whole poem uses a continuous metaphor.

Alliteration: When words close together repeat the same consonant, for emphasis.

Assonance: Repetition of vowel sounds to create a particular effect, e.g: "cool moonlight".

Onomatopoeia: Words whose sounds echo what they describe, e.g: Bang, Crash, bubbling.

Repetition: Emphasises key ideas or themes.

Rhythm: Creates a beat and makes lines flow (or purposely not flow.)

Rhyme: Creates links between words and a sense of unity.

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Lexical field/semantic field: Words which are scattered throughout the poem on the same theme/idea. Fricative consonants: Soft, breathy sounds: s, z, th, f. Plosive consonants: Hard, explosive sounds: p, t, k , b, g, d. Stanza: A verse or block of text which does not necessarily rhyme.

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Unseen Poetry Steps

Step One:

-Read the question before you read the poem- so you know what clues to look for.

Step Two:

-Read the poem and HIGHLIGHT words or phrases that stand out and that you think are interesting!

Step Three: -Read the poem through a second time and this time LABEL all of the techniques

and features you can find.

Step Four:

-Read the poem through for the third time looking for more techniques and annotate the effect of the techniques around the poem.

Step Five:

-Answer the question CAREFULLY aiming to write at least two sides of detailed analysis.

Step Six:

-Proofread your answer carefully- make sure you have used a wide range of quotations.

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