when there is no punctuation at the end of a line of poetry

the '-ing' form of the verb; for example, slipping

the tools a writer uses to create their work; enjambment, verbs and adjectives are all examples of methods

Comparing poems: 'Brueghel's Winter' and 'The Hunters in the Snow'

English

Bruegel's Landscape with the Fall of Icarus: how the myth inspired the painting

Exploring William Carlos Williams’s poem ‘Landscape with the fall of Icarus’

Exploring W.H. Auden's poem 'Musée des Beaux Arts'

Exploring William Carlos Williams's poem 'The Hunters in the Snow'

Exploring Walter de la Mare's poem 'Brueghel's Winter'

Alfred, Lord Tennyson's 'The Lady of Shalott': understanding the ballad

Symbolism in Alfred, Lord Tennyson's ‘The Lady of Shalott’

Exploring enjambment in Alfred, Lord Tennyson's ‘The Lady of Shalott’

Descriptive writing using Lord Tennyson's 'The Lady of Shalott' as stimulus

Effective sensory language using ‘The Execution of Lady Jane Grey’ as stimulus

Third person omniscient writing: ‘The Execution of Lady Jane Grey’ as stimulus

Writing a full descriptive piece: ‘The Execution of Lady Jane Grey' as stimulus

Reviewing and refining descriptive writing: alliteration, plosives and sibilance

Natasha Bowen's ‘Skin of the Sea’: understanding the extract

Writing inspired by ‘Skin of the Sea’: varying sentence types to create rhythm

Use of flashback in Natasha Bowen's 'Skin of the Sea'

Geoffrey Chaucer's ‘The Canterbury Tales’: compelling characterisation

Creating convincing characters using ‘The Canterbury Tales’ as stimulus

Pat Barker's 'The Silence of the Girls': understanding the extract

Madeline Miller's 'The Song of Achilles': understanding the extract

Comparative paragraphs: 'The Silence of the Girls' and 'The Song of Achilles'

Hanan Al-Shaykh's ‘The Fisherman and the Jinni’: understanding the story

Exploring the theme of power in Hanan Al-Shaykh's ‘One Thousand and One Nights’

The five part narrative structure

Planning a narrative using the five part narrative structure

Writing a full narrative piece using the five part narrative structure

Improving and proofreading a piece of narrative writing

In 'Myths and Legends Re-Told', pupils explore how they can alter traditional stories to convey modern ideas and morals. In 'Animal Farm: the Pigs and Power', pupils learn about Orwell's allegory and understand how he uses an apparently simple fairy story to convey a political message. 

In 'Step Into the Unknown', pupils look at the ways in which famous children's writers create convincing settings, particularly through descriptions of windows and doors. In 'Myths and Legends Re-Told', pupils take inspiration from the ways in which writers and poets use powerful imagery and symbolism, to inspire their own writing. 

In this unit, pupils read and explore a range of text types in connection to classical myths and legends. They first look at poetry before doing some descriptive writing inspired by poetry and paintings. They then explore Chaucer and modern retellings of myths to inspire their narrative writing.

Myths, legends and stories that inspire

Depiction or discussion of violence or fighting, including threats of violence or the aftermath of violence.

Depiction or discussion of violence or suffering

Walter de la Mare's 'Bruegel’s Winter' ('Myths, legends and stories that inspire') uses many present participle verbs. Which are examples of present participle verbs?

In 'Myths, legends and stories that inspire', William Carlos Williams's poem describes the skaters as a "pattern". What is this an example of?

They explain whether you like the text or not.

They explain everything you will focus on in an essay.

They are the first sentence of a paragraph and state the paragraph's main idea.

When writing about the texts we explore in 'Myths, legends and stories that inspire', you will start analytical paragraphs with topic sentences. What is true of topic sentences?

Williams says the hunters are "sturdy" but de la Mare says they "trudge".

Both Williams and de la Mare convey the power of the hunters.

Both Williams and de la Mare use similar methods to describe Bruegel's painting.

I think Williams is better at describing the painting than de la Mare.

Which of these comparative topic sentences is the strongest? They compare two poems from 'Myths, legends and stories that inspire'.

In Walter de la Mare's poem 'Bruegel's Winter' ('Myths, legends and stories that inspire'), he describes the hunters' spears as "{{ }}".

Both de la Mare and Williams convey how treacherous the winter mountains can be.

De la Mare describes them as "Jagg'd" suggesting they are rough and pointed.

By contrast, Williams describes them as "icy" suggesting they are slippery.

Ultimately, both poets convey that the mountains have the capacity to hurt us.

Starting with the first sentence, order this comparative paragraph about two poems from 'Myths, legends and stories that inspire'.

In the unit 'Myths, legends and stories that inspire', we compare texts. Which of these words or phrases help use explore differences between texts?

In the unit 'Myths, legends and stories that inspire', we compare texts. Which words help use explore similarities between texts?

In 'Myths, legends and stories that inspire', we look at a poem by Walter de la Mare and Williams Carlos Williams about the same painting. What is the name of the painting?

Walter de la Mare's 'Bruegel's Winter' ('Myths, legends and stories that inspire'), describes people and animals doing different things. Match each figure to what he describes them doing.

Walter de la Mare's 'Bruegel's Winter' ('Myths, legends and stories that inspire'), describes the hunters walking. What verb does he use?

In 'Myths, legends and stories that inspire', William Carlos Williams's poem doesn't use punctuation. We say that each line is ...

Comparing poems: 'Brueghel's Winter' and 'The Hunters in the Snow'

Lesson outcome

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