Learning objective: to revise your understanding of the Conflict Poetry

Learning objective: to revise your understanding of the Conflict Poetry

•You will remember more about the poems•You will develop your memory skills•You will develop your thinking skills•You will practise revision strategies

Learning objective: to revise your understanding of the Conflict PoetryWhat’s the quote? What’s the technique? What’s the effect?

QUOTE TECHNIQUE EFFECT

Learning objective: to revise your understanding of the Conflict PoetryLook carefully at the cards you have been given.

Working in pairs or threes you are going to test each other.Finish the quote, name the poem, identify the technique, explain the effect.Use this technique at home to help you revise.

Learning objective: to revise your understanding of the Conflict PoetryWhat’s the grade...and why? What’s the difference?

The poet uses the phrase ‘chit of bone’ as a metaphor to show that there is a little piece of bone.The poet uses the phrase ‘chit of bone’ to suggest that this small piece of bone is like a message from the past.The ‘chit’ of bone suggests not only that the piece of bone is small and delicate but that it keeps us in touch with the past reminding us of what happened. Perhaps the poet is showing us that although it is tiny it’s important in reminding us about what happened.

Learning objective: to revise your understanding of the Conflict Poetry

The poet uses the ‘chit’ of bone to symbolise the way in which the earth keeps past and present in communication with each other. It is a symbol of contact and reminds us of how past events are both physically and psychologically buried but we can choose to find them if we dig deeply enough. It is very effective because it reminds us of the delicacy of life but also the idea of a legacy that is always with us. The past is always buried in the present. The combination of the metaphor with the contrast between the short vowel sound in ‘chit’ and long vowel sound in ‘bone’ is effective in reminding us about how two opposites can come together. Its power lies in reminding us of the lost voices in the last stanza because the bone does what the voices can’t – speak to us of the suffering.

Learning objective: to revise your understanding of the Conflict Poetry

C = sustained focus on technique, structure and languageB = developed exploration of technique, structure and languageA = developed analysis and evaluationA* = independent insight, analysis and evaluation of all aspects of form, structure and language,

Learning objective: to revise your understanding of the Conflict PoetryFinally…you need to treat English Literature like Geography or History –

YOU HAVE TO LEARN IT BY HEART!

Learning objective: to revise your knowledge and understanding of the Conflict Poetry

Learning objective: to revise your knowledge and understanding of the Conflict Poetry

Learning Objectives: revision session on Conflict Poetry•You will know more about the poems•You will develop your memory skills•You will develop your thinking skills

Look carefully at the table of images you have been given. Try to associate each image with a poem