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

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Simon Armitage and the power of poetry

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

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

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

Language which has the power to offend including terms of racist or ethnic abuse, sexual and sexist abuse, abuse relating to sexuality, pejorative terms aimed at illness or disabilities and derogatory or inappropriate use of holy names or religious terms.

The speaker regrets not telling their crush that they had feelings for them.

The speaker tells of a past experience where someone hurt them.

The speaker tells of a past experience where they hurt somebody else.

Which of the following is an accurate summary of Armitage's 'I am very bothered'?

Which of the following was Armitage's inspiration for 'I am very bothered'?

Armitage explores his father's reaction to him becoming a poet.

Armitage explores his father's reaction to him getting his ear pierced.

Armitage explores his father's reaction to getting a tattoo.

Which of the following is an accurate summary of Armitage's 'My father thought it'?

Match the family member with their response to Armitage getting his ear pierced.

Is the following statement true or false: 'Armitage suggests that the main idea behind 'I am very bothered' is that people hurt others to avoid embarrassment'.

Armitage's 'I am very bothered' and 'My father thought it' are both from which poetry collection?

Simon Armitage is the current UK {{ }} Laureate.

'Feeling or showing agitation, worry, annoyance' is the definition of which of the following?

Armitage says that poetry is very similar to which of the following?

'Where you suddenly experience a powerful memory from a past experience' is the definition of which of the following?

'To think about a difficult or sad situation so that you can gradually accept it' is the definition of which of the following?

Is the following statement true or false: 'Simon Armitage suggests that poetry has no value in society anymore'.

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