Exploring memories of home in the poem ‘Childhood Tracks’

English

Considering the nature of home

Analysing 'Search for My Tongue'

Analysing the poem 'Island Man' by Grace Nichols

Comparing poems about place and home

Exploring regional pride in the poem ‘Anthem of the North’

Analysing ‘This Poem is Taking Place on Stolen Land’

Exploring the link between place and identity

Exploring what home means through the poem ‘Filter’

Planning ideas for a poem about your home

Using punctuation in poetry

Exploring example poems about place and home

Writing our own poetry about home

Performing our poems about place and home

In 'Poetry about Place and Home', pupils create their own poetry to explore their relationship with their home. In 'Single Poet Study: Maya Angelou', pupils analyse the poetry of Angelou, exploring how she uses her work to describe relationships between people and places.

In 'Poetry of Place', pupils explore the language, form and structure of poetry written about place. In 'Poetry of Place and Home', pupils apply these analytical skills to more complex poems and write their own poetry about home.

In this unit, pupils read and respond to poems that explore the links between place and identity. They start by exploring a selection of poems including Grace Nichol's 'Island Man' and Lemn Sissay's 'Anthem of the North'. They then write and perform their own poems about place and home.

Poetry about place and home

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

Depiction or discussion of sensitive content

In 'Childhood Tracks' what does James Berry write about?

Which technique does Berry use throughout 'Childhood Tracks'?

Each stanza is set around a different stage of Berry's life.

The poem is written in the style of a letter.

Each stanza describes a different sensory experience.

What is structurally interesting about 'Childhood Tracks' by James Berry?

Seeing tired faces nestled into shoulders on the Piccadilly line train.

Eating strawberries with sugar in a summer garden.

Smelling the sweet fuschia outside my grandmother's porch.

seeing the shades of pink, orange and blue mix in the sky

listening to the melodic twinkle of the bells on the hillside

smelling the cosy, comforting aroma of baked bread.

The aroma of fresh bread wafted through the kitchen.

The sweet juice of the apple seeped onto her tongue.

She swept her fingers over the soft silk.

The orange and pink hues of the sunset were mesmerising.

Match the sense to the sentence describing it.

a word that signals the location, direction, time of something else

I admired the flowers in the palace garden.

The flowers were delicate, beautiful and vibrant.

Which sentence contains a prepositional phrase?

each section of a poem separated by a line break

What is one possible meaning of the word 'tracks'?

Exploring memories of home in the poem ‘Childhood Tracks’

Lesson outcome

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