the set of qualities, beliefs, personality traits and appearance that characterise a person.

originally an Arabic verse form dealing with loss and romantic love consisting of rhymed couplets.

saying what you think directly without trying to be polite.

the history, traditions, practices, etc. of a particular country, society.

Analysing ideas of conflict and acceptance in Antrobus' 'Jamaican British'

English

Conceptualising and exploring the Edexcel Belonging anthology

Understanding how Clare presents nature in 'Sunday Dip'

Analysing how Clare presents nature in 'Sunday Dip'

Understanding the tone of Brontë's 'Mild the Mist Upon the Hill'

Analysing nostalgia and melancholia in Brontë's 'Mild the Mist Upon the Hill'

Comparing childhood in 'Sunday Dip' and 'Mild the Mist Upon the Hill'

Understanding how Wordsworth presents nature in 'To My Sister'

Analysing how Wordsworth presents nature in 'To My Sister'

Understanding how Landon presents childhood in 'Captain Cook (To My Brother)'

Analysing how Landon presents childhood in 'Captain Cook (To My Brother)'

Understanding how Bridges presents nature in 'Clear and Gentle Stream'

Analysing how Bridges presents nature and belonging in 'Clear and Gentle Stream'

Understanding how Hood presents the past and present in 'I Remember, I Remember'

Analysing how Hood presents the past and present in 'I Remember, I Remember'

Comparing ideas of nostalgia in the Edexcel Belonging anthology

Understanding how Blakemore presents multiculturalism in 'Peckham Rye Lane'

Analysing how Blakemore presents multiculturalism in 'Peckham Rye Lane'

Understanding how Nichols presents memories of home in 'Island Man'

Analysing how Nichols presents ideas of belonging and place in 'Island Man'

Understanding how Antrobus presents identity and heritage in 'Jamaican British'

Exploring ideas of cultural belonging in the Edexcel Belonging anthology

Understanding the poem 'The Emigree'

Analysing the poem 'The Emigree'

Understanding how Hardi presents ideas of displacement in 'My Mother's Kitchen'

Analysing ideas of home, upheaval and heritage in Hardi's 'My Mother's Kitchen'

Understanding ideas of humanity and oppression in Zephaniah's 'We Refugees'

Analysing ideas of oppression, heritage and place in Zephaniah's 'We Refugees'

Comparing ideas of displacement and belonging in the Edexcel Belonging anthology

Building analytical paragraphs about Edexcel's Belonging poetry

Planning a written response on Edexcel’s Belonging anthology

Writing excellent model answers on Edexcel's Belonging anthology

In 'Edexcel Belonging Poetry', pupils compared the language, form and structure of a variety of poems connected by the themes of culture and identity. In 'Edexcel Belonging Poetry continued', pupils work on making more nuanced comparisons between poems.

In 'Single Poet Study: Maya Angelou', pupils explored how Angelou uses her poetry to present strong relationships to people and place. In 'Edexcel Belonging Poetry', pupils analyse how a variety of different relationships to culture and place have been presented across time.

In this unit, pupis explore 12 of the 15 poems from the 'Belonging' anthology. Pupils complete two lessons on each poem: one on understanding and one on analysis. Pupils study the poems in a thematically linked order so they can complete comparative and thematic lessons at key points in the unit.

Poetry anthology: first study

Discriminatory behaviour or images, whether on the grounds of race, gender, disability, religion or belief or sexual orientation, or otherwise.

Depiction or discussion of discriminatory behaviour

Subjects which particular individuals may be sensitive to, eg, adoption, migration, bereavement or death, divorce, poverty, deprivation.

Depiction or discussion of sensitive content

Which of the following words from Antrobus' 'Jamaican British' imply a sense of feeling incomplete?

'Saying what you think directly without trying to be polite' is the definition of being ...

Originally an Arabic verse form dealing with loss and love consisting of rhymed couplets' is the definition of a ...

In Antrobus' 'Jamaican British', the speaker's family in Jamaica say they are __________ to have someone British in their family.

Antrobus' 'Jamaican British' is written in the form of ...

The word "caste" from Antrobus' 'Jamaican British' comes from the Latin 'castus' which means ...

The speaker is experiencing internal and external conflict over their identity.

The speaker feels secure and comfortable in their identity.

The speaker is explaining how they are proud of their dual identity.

Which of the following is an accurate summary of Antrobus' 'Jamaican British'?

'What word beginning with 'C' is a pair of successive rhyming lines, usually of the same length'?

'The set of qualities, beliefs, personality traits and appearance that characterise a person' is the definition of your ...

What word beginning with 'E' means the continuation of a sentence beyond the end of a line, stanza or couplet?

What might multiple caesuras suggest in a poem?

Which word beginning with 'H' means 'the history, traditions, practices etc. of a particular country, society'?

Exit Quiz

Which of the following words from Antrobus' 'Jamaican British' imply a sense of feeling incomplete?