the action of moving something from its place or position

a feeling of being happy or comfortable as part of a particular group

a person who has been forced to leave their country in order to escape war, persecution or natural disaster

showing or feeling opposition or dislike; unfriendly

the history, traditions, practices etc. of a particular country, society

Comparing ideas of displacement and belonging in the Edexcel Belonging anthology

English

Conceptualising and exploring the Edexcel Belonging anthology

Understanding how Clare presents nature in 'Sunday Dip'

Analysing how Clare presents nature in 'Sunday Dip'

Understanding the tone of Brontë's 'Mild the Mist Upon the Hill'

Analysing nostalgia and melancholia in Brontë's 'Mild the Mist Upon the Hill'

Comparing childhood in 'Sunday Dip' and 'Mild the Mist Upon the Hill'

Understanding how Wordsworth presents nature in 'To My Sister'

Analysing how Wordsworth presents nature in 'To My Sister'

Understanding how Landon presents childhood in 'Captain Cook (To My Brother)'

Analysing how Landon presents childhood in 'Captain Cook (To My Brother)'

Understanding how Bridges presents nature in 'Clear and Gentle Stream'

Analysing how Bridges presents nature and belonging in 'Clear and Gentle Stream'

Understanding how Hood presents the past and present in 'I Remember, I Remember'

Analysing how Hood presents the past and present in 'I Remember, I Remember'

Comparing ideas of nostalgia in the Edexcel Belonging anthology

Understanding how Blakemore presents multiculturalism in 'Peckham Rye Lane'

Analysing how Blakemore presents multiculturalism in 'Peckham Rye Lane'

Understanding how Nichols presents memories of home in 'Island Man'

Analysing how Nichols presents ideas of belonging and place in 'Island Man'

Understanding how Antrobus presents identity and heritage in 'Jamaican British'

Analysing ideas of conflict and acceptance in Antrobus' 'Jamaican British'

Exploring ideas of cultural belonging in the Edexcel Belonging anthology

Understanding the poem 'The Emigree'

Analysing the poem 'The Emigree'

Understanding how Hardi presents ideas of displacement in 'My Mother's Kitchen'

Analysing ideas of home, upheaval and heritage in Hardi's 'My Mother's Kitchen'

Understanding ideas of humanity and oppression in Zephaniah's 'We Refugees'

Analysing ideas of oppression, heritage and place in Zephaniah's 'We Refugees'

Building analytical paragraphs about Edexcel's Belonging poetry

Planning a written response on Edexcel’s Belonging anthology

Writing excellent model answers on Edexcel's Belonging anthology

In 'Edexcel Belonging Poetry', pupils compared the language, form and structure of a variety of poems connected by the themes of culture and identity. In 'Edexcel Belonging Poetry continued', pupils work on making more nuanced comparisons between poems.

In 'Single Poet Study: Maya Angelou', pupils explored how Angelou uses her poetry to present strong relationships to people and place. In 'Edexcel Belonging Poetry', pupils analyse how a variety of different relationships to culture and place have been presented across time.

In this unit, pupis explore 12 of the 15 poems from the 'Belonging' anthology. Pupils complete two lessons on each poem: one on understanding and one on analysis. Pupils study the poems in a thematically linked order so they can complete comparative and thematic lessons at key points in the unit.

Poetry anthology: first study

Discriminatory behaviour or images, whether on the grounds of race, gender, disability, religion or belief or sexual orientation, or otherwise.

Depiction or discussion of discriminatory behaviour

Subjects which particular individuals may be sensitive to, eg, adoption, migration, bereavement or death, divorce, poverty, deprivation.

Depiction or discussion of sensitive content

Out of Zephaniah's 'We Refugees', Hardi's 'My Mother's Kitchen' and Rumens' 'The Emigree', which is the only poem to use the word "home"?

'The action of moving something from its place or position' is the definition of which word beginning with 'd'?

Which of the following words from Rumens' 'The Emigree' imply that the speaker still feels a connection to their home country?

'Showing or feeling opposition or dislike; unfriendly' is the definition of which word beginning with 'h'?

In Zephaniah's 'We Refugees' and Hardi's 'My Mother's Kitchen', the poets hint at a lack of connection to the refugees' heritage through the metaphor of {{}}.

both poems hint at the reasons behind refugees' displacement

both poems suggest that refugees experience hostility

both poems imply the speaker's feel that they belong in their home countries

Which of the following are similarities between Zephaniah's 'We Refugees' and Rumens' 'The Emigree'?

'A feeling of being happy or comfortable as part of a particular group' is the definition of which word beginning with 'b'?

The speaker is reminiscing about leaving her home as a child.

The speaker's mother is finally returning home.

The poem explores how easily we could all become refugees.

Match the poem from the Edexcel 'Belonging' anthology with its summary.

'A figure of speech that involves comparing two things using the verb 'to be'' is the definition of a {{}}.

'A person who has been forced to leave their country in order to escape war, persecution, or natural disaster' is the definition of which word beginning with 'r'?

Which of the following structural techniques might create a stop-start feel to a poem?

'The history, traditions, practices etc. of a particular country, society' is the definition of which word beginning with 'h'?

Starter Quiz

'A feeling of being happy or comfortable as part of a particular group' is the definition of which word beginning with 'b'?