a poem which describes a piece of art, and is inspired by it

the attitude and emotion of your voice - written or verbal

something suggesting something bad is about to happen

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

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'

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

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

Pieter Bruegel’s painting 'The Hunters in the Snow'

Walter de la Mare’s poem 'Breughel’s Winter'

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

Starting with the first, put the selected artworks from 'Myths, Legends and stories that inspire' in chronological order.

English 20th century poet; wrote 'Breughel’s Winter'

American poet; wrote two poems inspired by Bruegel

British-American 20th century poet; wrote 'Musée des Beaux Arts'

Match each artist, all important to 'Myths, Legends and stories that inspire', to something we know about them.

suggesting something bad is going to happen

Match these words, all important to 'Myths, Legends and stories that inspire', to their meaning.

de la Mare uses punctuation; Williams does not

de la Mare only writes about the hunters; Williams is inspired by everything

de la Mare calls the hunters "sturdy"; Williams calls them "dejected"

de la Mare uses enjambment throughout; Williams uses it occasionally

Both de la Mare and Williams wrote poems inspired by Bruegel's 'The Hunters in the Snow' ('Myths, Legends and stories that inspire'). What are some of their differences?

These adjectives are all taken from Walter de la Mare’s poem 'Bruegel’s Winter' ('Myths, Legends and stories that inspire'). Match each to the noun it describes.

Walter de la Mare's poem 'Bruegel’s Winter' ('Myths, Legends and stories that inspire') begins: "Jagg'd mountain peaks and skies {{ }}".

In the unit 'Myths, Legends and stories', we look at two paintings by Pieter Bruegel. What are their names?

In the unit 'Myths, Legends and stories that inspire', we look at a painting called 'The Hunters in the Snow' by Pieter Bruegel. What is in the background of this painting?

In the unit 'Myths, Legends and stories that inspire', we look at a painting called 'The Hunters in the Snow' by Pieter Bruegel. What is in the foreground of this painting?

It inspired Auden to write 'Musée des Beaux Arts'.

It is part of a series of five paintings depicting different times of the year.

It is an example of portraiture of different figures.

It is an example of a landscape painting.

In the unit 'Myths, Legends and stories that inspire', we look at a painting called 'The Hunters in the Snow' by Pieter Bruegel. What is true of this painting?

In 'Myths, Legends and stories that inspire', we look at a painting called 'The Hunters in the Snow'. What word most accurately describes how Bruegel depicts the hunters?

In 'Myths, Legends and stories that inspire', William Carlos Williams's poem inspired by 'The Hunters in the Snow' by Bruegel. What word does he use to describe the hunters?

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

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