Poetry Revision Lesson

Morning all,

We have almost covered all of the poems we need, there are 2 sonnets left, which we will cover next week. Since we have been analysing a poem per lesson, today it may be time for a break to catch up with all the annotations and to apply what you have learned to your writing.

Yesterday I told you to make sure that you had full, in depth annotations for all of the 20 poems you need to know for the AS exam. To help keep you organised, below is a link to a document which has a gird for your notes for each poem you need to know. For those of you who will be attending the workshop, this is what you will be using to record your revision. The workshop this afternoon at 2:30 in B18 will cover the following poems, so I would suggest you don't focus on these 4 today if you are attending the workshop:

THURSDAY 5th MAY: 2.30-3.30
THE PASSIONATE SHEPHERD TO HIS LOVE
THERE IS A GARDEN IN HER FACE
LEISURE
THE COLLAR

Today, I'd like you to start working your way through this document and making notes for the poems. Choose one today, make some notes and then write a few paragraphs of analysis for the poem. Start with a poem we haven't covered for a long time, like Composed on Westminster Bridge.

Link: AS Lang Lit Poetry Revision Grid

Secondly, look at this terminology grid for some key poetry related terms:

Link: Key Poetry Terms

And finally, start writing some analysis for the poem. Write this analysis on paper, and hand it in at the end of the lesson.at least 4 paragraphs of analysis on your poem. For your analysis, you need to use a framework approach to ensure you're getting as much language analysis in as possible.
Use this grid to help you organise your response:

Link: Poetry Revision Framework Grid

So to summarise:

1. Choose a poem
2. Analyse it using the grid and the poetry terminology sheet
3. Explore it using the framework approach
4. Write at least 4 paragraphs of analysis on paper to hand in at the end of the lesson.

Enjoy!