Understanding the poem 'The Emigree'

English

Revising key themes in the ‘Power and Conflict’ anthology

Refining comparative essay writing

Understanding the poem 'Checking Out Me History'

Analysing the Poem 'Checking Out Me History'

Analysing the poem 'The Emigree'

Comparing ‘Checking Out Me History’ and ‘The Émigrée’

Understanding the Poem 'Tissue' by Imtiaz Dharker

Analysing the Poem 'Tissue' by Imtiaz Dharker

Exploring theme, message and intent across the ‘Power and Conflict’ anthology

Comparing 'Tissue' with other poems

‘Power and Conflict’ poetry: writing a sophisticated comparative response

In 'AQA Power and Conflict Poetry' continued, pupils used a range of reading skills to aid the supported decoding of challenging poems. In 'Unseen Poetry', pupils use these reading skills to decode texts with independence. 

In 'AQA Power and Conflict Poetry', pupils compared the language, form and structure of a variety of poems connected by the themes of power and conflict. In 'AQA Power and Conflict Poetry continued', pupils work on making more nuanced comparisons, focusing on the final three poems: *Checking Out Me History*, *The Emigree* and *Tissue*

In this unit, pupis read and analyse three more poems from the 'Power and Conflict' anthology. Pupils complete two lessons about each poem: one on understanding and one on analysis. At the end of the unit, pupils analyse themes from across the anthology and write a sophisticated comparative essay,

Poetry anthology: continued study

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

Depiction or discussion of sensitive content

Depiction of war, threats of war, death or the aftermath of war.

Depiction or discussion of violence or suffering

Depiction or discussion of violence or fighting, including threats of violence or the aftermath of violence.

the qualities that make a person different from others

to leave one’s own country to settle in another, usually for political

 regarded as perfect or better than in reality

Match the keywords with their definitions.

gone on a life adventure to a new country.

left their home country, potentially due to war.

The poem ‘The Emigree’ describes a person that has…

The tone in the opening line of the poem ‘The Emigree’ is...

The speaker has vague memories of her home country.

The speaker has unwanted memories of her home country.

The speaker has vivid memories of her home country.

How is memory shown in ‘The Emigree’?

In 'The Emigree', the final stanza of the poem shows that the speaker…

Which big ideas does the poem 'The Emigree' explore?

Identify the sentence which uses the first person pronoun.

the qualities that make a person unique or themself

regarded as perfect or better than in reality

someone who wants to overthrow a current leader

to leave one’s own country to settle in another

to leave your home town to settle in another in the same country

What connotations do we often have of the word 'sunlight'?

Understanding the poem 'The Emigree'

Lesson outcome

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