Lesson video

Hello, everyone.

How are you today?

I hope you're doing really, really well.

My name is Ms. Afzal and I'm doing great today.

That's because we're going to be exploring some poetry and I really love poetry and I especially love this poet.

We're looking at the poetry of William Blake, in particular, We are looking at one poem, which is called 'London', so I am going to pause here.

I'd like you to pause the video while you go off and find your copy of the poem 'London'.

I'll wait here for you.

Okay, you're back.

You've got a poem.

What else have you got?

Have you got curiosity, enthusiasm, ideas, openness to explore?

I really hope so.

Let's begin exploring poem 'London' by William Blake.

The outcome for today's lesson is I can summarize the impact of the poem in written form.

We have some keywords in our lesson today.

Let's go through them.

My turn, your turn.

Impact, context, imagery, structure, like hearing those words.

Let's find out what these words mean.

Impact is the emotional, intellectual, and lasting impression or poem leaves on its readers.

Context is the setting or background that helps us to understand something better.

Imagery is 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.

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

These are rocky words.

Let's look out for them.

Let's listen out for them.

Let's think carefully about these words.

Our lesson today is exploring impact in 'London' by William Blake.

It has two parts to it, writing about poetry conventions, and writing about the poem.

Let's begin with writing about poetry conventions.

What do we know about the poet William Blake?

William Blake was an English poet, painter, and printmaker who was born in 1757 and died in 1827.

Blake published his poetry collection, songs of experience in 1794.

This collection contains the poem 'London'.

Blake's poetry often explores themes of innocence and experience, human nature and spirituality.

He believed in social and racial equality.

Yes, I'm so pleased to hear that William Blake was a romantic poet.

Romantic poets were often critical of industrialization and valued the simplicity and purity of rural life.

Here's a brief recap of the poem 'London'.

'London' was published in 1794.

The poem was written at a time of radical and social upheaval.

In the poem, the speaker is describing a walk through the streets of 'London'.

They describe the city as a place of suffering and despair.

Nobody is able to escape from the suffering.

They suggest that people in power seem to be responsible for some of the suffering and they aren't helping the people in need.

William Blake uses sensory language to paint a vivid image.

Sounds are important in a poem such as the "infant's cry of fear" and the "chimney-sweepers cry.

" The use of negative sounds in the poem creates a noisy and unpleasant impression of the city.

'London' is a dramatic monologue.

This is when one person speaks in a poem or story, sharing their perspective with the reader.

It's a fixed verse poem.

It has four verses, each of which has four lines.

The poem has a regular rhyme scheme, ABAB.

Check for understanding.

True or false.

'London' was written at a time of calm and prosperity.

Lots of money.

Lots of wealth is what prosperity means.

Pause video while you choose if this is true or false.

Well-done if you selected false and now I'd like you to justify your answer.

Choose from these statements.

The poem was written during the industrial revolution, a period when machines and factories changed the way people lived and worked.

The poem is a dramatic monologue.

When one person speaks in a poem or story sharing their perspective with the reader.

Pause video while you decide which of these statements justifies your earlier answer.

Both statements are true, but it is the first statement that is more directly linked to and justifying your earlier answer.

Well-done if you selected this one.

In today's lesson, we are going to be reflecting on the impact of the poem 'London'.

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

When writing about poems, there are certain poetry conventions that we can include in our writing.

Conventions.

This is a noun, is a way in which something is usually done.

These include the naming of the poet and the title of the poem, using quotes, referring to the context.

This is one of our keywords and it means the setting or background that helps us understand the poem better.

And there are many other conventions that you might discover as you analyze poetry in more depth.

I hope you're gonna get into that.

Poetry is a really wonderful world for us to explore deeper and deeper.

In a written response, once we have introduced the poet's full name, we can then refer to them by their last name.

This helps readers understand who's being referred to, maintains a formal tone in writing and helps keep writing concise and to the point.

For example, first mention, we could say William Blake's poem 'London' was published in 1794, but then in later mentions, we can simply say Blake.

Blake describes 'London' as being noisy and unpleasant.

So first mention, full name, later mentions, just their surname.

When referring to the title of the poem, you should capitalize and use single quotation marks around it.

For example, William Blake's poem 'London' is you known for its vivid imagery.

And another example in 'London', Blake explores.

So we've got the capital letter and the single quotation marks.

Check for understanding, which of the following sentences uses the title and poet convention correctly?

In London, William Blake criticizes the social injustices of his time.

Blake's use of repetition emphasizes the suffering in the city.

William Blake's work often reflects his unique worldview.

In 'London', William Blake describes the suffering and oppression experience by the city's inhabitants.

Pause the video while he is decide which of these sentences uses the title and poet convention correctly.

Well-done if you selected the first one, there we have 'London' in single quotation marks and not double quotation marks.

And the first mention of the poet gives his full name, William Blake.

But the next mention of the poet just uses his surname Blake.

And did you notice what the errors were in the incorrect response?

Pause a video and share with someone nearby.

Well-done.

And hopefully, you identified that "London" was in double quotation marks instead of single quotation marks.

And that the second time that the post is referred to his full name was used as opposed to just the surname.

Using quotation marks and line breaks is useful when writing about poetry.

You can use these when including evidence from the poem in your response.

Double quotation marks indicate that the text being referenced is a direct quote on a poem, helping read distinguish between the poet's words and the writers.

For example, the description of "blood" running down "palace walls" creates an image of people being hurt or killed.

"London" conveys a sense of control through vivid imagery, such as "I wander through each charter'd street.

" So we can see there the direct quotes from the poem, "blood", "palace walls.

" And I wonder through each charter'd street are all in double quotation marks.

When quoting multiple lines from a poem, we can use a slash to indicate a line broke within the quotation.

For example, 'London' uses repetition to emphasize the city's despair "In every cry of every man, in every infant's cry of fear" and the slash in between the two lines of the poem.

Remember, punctuation marks said the end of a quote should be placed inside the quotation marks if they're a part of the original text.

If a word is capitalized in a poem, it should be capitalized in the quote as well.

Check for understanding.

Correctly punctuate the following examples using the quote conventions.

The visual image of the "black'ning church" describes the church becoming darker and the metaphor "mind-forg'd manacles" describes a kind of shackle or handcuffs in someone's mind.

And remember, punctuation marks at the end of a quote should be placed inside the quotation marks if they're part of the original text.

And if a word is capitalized in the poem, it should be capitalized in the quote too.

So pause video while you add incorrect punctuation to these examples.

Well-done if you added double quotation marks around "black'ning church", which is a direct quote from the poem.

And if you added in double quotation marks around "mind-forg'd manacles" also a direct quote from the poem.

Adding context enriches the reader's experience by providing a broader understanding of the poem's significance and relevance.

When referring to the poet's life or historical context, we can include relevant background information.

For example, Blake who lived during the industrial revolution often critiqued the social injustices of his time.

Check for understanding which subordinate clause provides relevant and textual information to improve this sentence, 'London' reflects William Blake's disgust at the effects of industrialization.

A poem that has been read by people around the world or a poem written during the Industrial revolution.

Pause video while you decide which clause provides relevant contextual information to improve this sentence.

Well-done if you selected clause B, A poem written during the industrial revolution gives us that relevant contextual information to improve the sentence.

So as the sentence would then read 'London.

' A poem written during the industrial Revolution reflects William Blake's discuss at the effects of industrialization.

For your task, I would like you to match the following poetry conventions to their examples.

So we have naming of the poet and title of poem using quotes and referring to the context and their examples.

The visual image of the "black'ning church" describes the church becoming darker.

Blake who lived during the industrial revolution often critiqued the social injustices of his time.

William Blake published a poem 'London' in 1794.

Blakes London is known for its vivid imagery.

Was videoed where he have a go at this task and match the poetry conventions to their examples.

And I'll see you when you finished.

Okay, did you connect up naming of the poet and title of the poem with William Blake published a poem 'London' in 1794.

Blakes London is known Prince vivid imagery.

Using quotes is the visual image of the "black'ning church" describes the church becoming darker and referring to the context, Blake who lived during the industrial revolution often critiqued the social injustices of his time.

Well-done if you match these poetry conventions to their examples.

And now let's move on to writing about the poem.

Writing about the impact of a poem allows for a deeper analysis of the poem's effectiveness in conveying its themes, emotions, and messages to the reader and what a treat how look at what we have on the screen.

This is an image created by William Blake for the company's his poem, whose illustrated version of the poem 'London.

' When writing about the impact of a poem, we can use the following template.

Introduction, begin by providing some context about the poem such as its title and poet.

Then summarize the content of the poem briefly.

Describe the imagery including an example from the poem and the effect it has on the reader.

Describe the structure including an example from the poem and the effect it has on the reader.

These are just some ways you can respond to a poem.

There are many more.

It's important to remember our viewpoints about the impact of the poem may differ as we are all unique.

We'll bring our own unique identities to our experience of reading and exploring a poem and being impacted by it.

My turn, your turn.

I am going to introduce the poem and explain the context in which it was written and then you guessed it.

It will be your turn.

'London' is a poem written by William Blake in 1794.

The poem written amidst the tumultuous backdrop of the industrial revolution describes a speaker as a walk through the streets of London.

Over to you, how will you introduce the poem?

What will you mention about its context?

So pause the video here while you introduce the poem and with a little explanation of the context in which it was written.

Okay, well-done for that introduction, did you include the poem's title, the poet, and the year the poem was written?

Did you briefly summarize the poem?

Well-done for doing so.

And now I'm going to describe some imagery and note its impact.

The speaker describes a visual image of the church "black'ning" getting darker.

This could be from the dirt caused by the industrial revolution.

They also describe the "blood" on "palace walls.

" These descriptions create a vivid and negative image.

It's your turn.

Now you described some imagery and note its impact.

Pause video while you do this.

How did you get on?

Did you include a favorite example of imagery and did you discuss the impact that it had?

I hope so.

And now I'm going to describe the poem structure and note its impact.

The poem 'London' has four verses of four lines each.

It is a rhythmic poem with a sense of monotony.

This contributes to the oppressive mood of the poem and helps to emphasize the suffering experienced by the city's inhabitants.

Over to you.

Now, you described the poem structure and note its impact.

Pause the video while you do this.

Did you discuss the poem structure and did you mention the impact that the structure had?

Well-done for doing this.

And now let's take a look at a complete example.

'London' is a poem written by William Blake in 1794.

The poem written the tumultuous backdrop of the industrial revolution describes what the speaker sees and hears as they walk through the streets of London.

The speaker describes a visual image of the church "black'ning" getting darker.

This could be from the dirt caused by the industrial revolution.

They also describe the "blood" on "palace walls.

" These descriptions create a vivid and negative image.

The poem 'London' has four verses of four lines each.

It is a rhythmic poem with a sense of monotony.

This contributes to the oppressive mood of the poem and helps to emphasize the suffering experience by the city's inhabitants.

Pretty good example I'd say, check for understanding.

Order the following sections of a written response to a poem, description of imagery and its impact.

Introduction to the poem, including relevant context, description of structure and its impact.

Pause the video, while you order the following sections of a written response to a poem.

Did you start with the introduction to the poem, including the relevant context?

Next, description of imagery and its impact.

And finally, description of structure and its impact.

And now it's time for your task.

I would like you to write your response to the poem, noting its impact.

Use the template to support you.

First of all, the introduction.

Begin by providing some context about the poem such as its title and poet.

Then summarize the content of the poem briefly.

Next, describe the imagery, including an example from the poem and the effect it has on the reader.

And then describe the structure, including an example from the poem and the effect it has on the reader.

Remember to include the poetry conventions, name of the poet in full and then after by surname, single inverted commas for the title of the poem, using double inverted commas for quotes, slash for line breaks.

So pause the video here while you write your written response to the poem, noting its impact.

I'll see you when you're finished.

How do you get on with writing your response to the poem and noting its impact?

Did you introduce the poem and the poet?

Did you describe imagery in a poem and its impact?

Did you describe the structure of the poem and its impact?

Did you include quotes and examples from the poem using poetry conventions?

I really hope so.

Well-done everyone for writing a complete written response to this amazing poem 'London' by William Blake.

Great job, team.

In our lesson today, exploring impact in 'London' by William Blake, we have covered the following.

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

When writing about poems, there are certain poetry conventions that we can include in our writing.

These include naming the poet and title of the poem, using quotes and referring to the context.

Writing about the impact of the poem allows for a deeper analysis of the poem's effectiveness in conveying its themes, emotions, and messages to the reader.

When writing about the impact of a poem, we can discuss the poet, the poem's imagery, the poem structure, and a context in which the poem was written.

Well-done everyone for exploring the impact of 'London.

' This was quite an involved task and I love the way that you threw yourself into this and really went for it.

I look forward to seeing you at another lesson soon.

Bye for now.