the use of vivid and sensory language that appeals to the reader's senses, creating vivid mental pictures and enhancing the emotional impact of the poem

a way of describing a non-living thing as if it acts or feels like a human

the process of understanding and assigning meaning to a poem

reflections that we make about a poem after reading or listening to it

Reading and responding to 'No. 115 Dreams' by Jackie Kay

English

Exploring imagery in 'Eastbourne' by Joseph Coelho

Comparing two poems on similar themes, 'Richmond Park' & 'The Old Farmer's Song'

Reading and responding to 'Tempest Avenue' by Ian McMillan

Developing background knowledge about 'London' by William Blake

Exploring imagery in 'London' by William Blake

Exploring form in 'London' by William Blake

Performing the poem 'London' by William Blake

Exploring impact in 'London' by William Blake

Writing a poem about a place

Exploring imagery in 'The City of my birth' by Karl Nova

Performing the poem 'The City of my birth' by Karl Nova

In ’Poetry of place’, pupils explored a sense of place and wrote about settings significant to them. In ’No Country and Frizzy: graphic novels exploring identity and belonging', pupils will explore how identity and belonging can be portrayed through settings and characterisation in the graphic novel form.

In 'Poetry about migration', pupils explored poetry through music lyrics describing a person's thoughts, feelings and emotions. In ’Poetry of Place’, pupils engage with a range of settings through several poets and their work.

In this unit, pupils read, respond to and perform classic and contemporary poetry about a range of settings. They explore imagery and form, whilst developing personal responses and comparing poems. Finally, pupils write their own poem about a place of significance.

Poetry of place

the mood created in a section or whole of a text

the point-of-view or position from which the reader reads, influencing the way events or ideas are portrayed and understood

when a line in poetry continues onto the next line without pause or punctuation, creating a sense of flow

the speed or rhythm at which a poem is read or performed

a movement that helps express an idea or meaning

a period when machines and factories changed the way people lived and worked in cities

the setting or background that helps us to understand something better

a group of people living together, sharing customs and ways of living

a movement in art and literature in the 18th and 19th century, which focused more on feelings, imagination and nature

the feeling or mood created in a section or whole of a text

the point of view or position from which the poet writes, influencing the way events or ideas are portrayed and understood

the pattern of rhyming words or sounds at the end of each line in a poem, often represented using letters to indicate the rhyme pattern (e.g., AABB, ABAB)

the repeated use of sounds, words, phrases or structural elements that are repeated for emphasis or for a particular effect

to learn something in such a way that you can say it from memory

the emotional, intellectual and lasting impression a poem leaves on its readers

the way a poem is organised or put together, including elements such as verses, lines, rhyme scheme and overall form

the pattern of sounds made by the words and stresses when spoken aloud

how smoothly the words of a poem move from one to the next

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