an area of a country or the world, usually with a set of defining features

an uplifting song that has importance for a group of people

communication that is communicated to a particular listener, usually via the pronoun 'you'

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

English

Considering the nature of home

Exploring memories of home in the poem ‘Childhood Tracks’

Analysing 'Search for My Tongue'

Analysing the poem 'Island Man' by Grace Nichols

Comparing poems about place and home

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 which region did Lemn Sissay grow up in?

the emergence of the suffragette movement

What part of Northern history does Sissay give credit to in 'Anthem of The North'?

What technique does Lemn Sissay use in Stanza ten of 'Anthem of The North' to appeal to the reader?

it supported him through a tough childhood

he moved there with his family from Ethiopia and felt welcomed

he felt he belonged there despite not knowing any biological family

Why might the North of England be particularly important to Sissay?

to get a feeling of pleasure and satisfaction from it

What does it mean to have pride in something?

the repetition of a word at the end of a line of poetry

the pattern of rhymes at the end of lines of poetry

the number of syllables in each line of poetry

Which of the below is second person pronoun?

What might the term 'anthem' suggest about the mood of a poem?

it may be about the struggles of life in Northern England

it may be a celebration of culture and identity in the North of England

What might a poem titled 'Anthem of The North' be about?

How might the poet of 'Anthem of The North' feel about themselves and the North based on the title of the poem? 

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