Simon Armitage introduces 'Harmonium'

British English CC

Simon Armitage reads 'Harmonium' 

How Armitage writes about personal events and memories in 'Harmonium'

English

Simon Armitage and the power of poetry

Simon Armitage talks about 'I am very bothered' and 'My father thought it'

How Simon Armitage writes about life in 'About his person' and 'Poem'

How Simon Armitage writes about human connection in 'All Right?' and 'Give'

How Simon Armitage writes about hope in 'We'll Sing' and 'Only Human'

How Simon Armitage writes about news and media in 'Transmission Report'

How Simon Armitage writes about climate change in 'Futurama'

How Simon Armitage writes about the world in 'Resistance' and 'Out of the Blue'

Writing about the self and the world with Simon Armitage

In this unit, pupils learn more about how to read and write poetry by listening to words of wisdom from the Poet Laureate, Simon Armitage. They read a range of his poems about his life and the wider world, and start to write increasingly poetically in response to them.

Simon Armitage: writing your world

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

Depiction or discussion of sensitive content

'A keyboard instrument that produces sound through foot operated bellows' is the definition of a __________.

Armitage wrote 'Harmonium' about which of the following?

Armitage suggests that he wants to convey which of the following in this poetry?

In 'Harmonium', Armitage says he wanted to portray the harmonium as which of the following?

Is the following statement true or false: 'Armitage suggests that poetry about personal events can be too sentimental'.

Is the following statement true or false: 'Armitage says that he wants the emotion in his poetry to be indecipherable to others'.

If something is too obvious then it is which of the following?

'Belonging to or affecting a particular person' is the definition of which of the following?

'A figure of speech that directly compares two unrelated things by stating that one is the other' is the definition of which word beginning with 'm'?

If something is recognisable then it is which of the following?

'Strongly influenced by emotional feelings' is the definition of which of the following?

'A version of metaphor that extends over the course of multiple lines, paragraphs, or stanzas of prose or poetry' is an {{ }} metaphor.

Introduction

What will you need for this lesson?

Are you ready to learn?

Equipment

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