Being patriotic means showing love and support for your country.

An Empire is a group of countries ruled by a single person, government or country, e.g. The Roman Empire.

Propaganda is information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote a political cause or point of view.

The act of preventing something from being seen or made available to the public for political reasons is known as censorship.

Something provocative is deliberately designed to cause anger or another strong emotion.

Considering the relationship between the poetry of WW1 and the context

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Understanding patriotism in Rupert Brooke’s ‘The Soldier’

Analysing the presentation of patriotism in Rupert Brooke’s ‘The Soldier’

Writing about patriotism in Rupert Brooke’s ‘The Soldier’

Understanding the concept of remembrance in John McCrae’s ‘In Flanders Fields’

Analysing John McCrae’s call to arms in ‘In Flanders Fields’

Writing about John McCrae’s ‘In Flanders Fields’ as a call to arms

Understanding ideas of Empire and colonialism in Naidu’s ‘The Gift of India’

Analysing the humanity and fragility of soldiers in Naidu’s ‘The  Gift of India’

Comparing views in ‘The Soldier’, ‘In Flanders Fields’ and ‘The Gift of India’

Writing a comparative response on perspectives of war and sacrifice in WW1 poems

In 'Unseen Poetry', pupils need to consider the choices made by a poet, to explain how they convey meaning without having context or prior knowledge of the poem to draw on. In 'A World at War: Poetry, pupils have several opportunities to write their own poems in the style of the war poems studied, which pushes them to consider the craft of writing poetry more closely. 

In 'Myths and Legends Re-Told', pupils explore the way that poets use imagery and structural features, to inspire their own choices in narrative writing. In 'A World at War: Poetry', pupils practise adopting Wilfred Owen's style in their own poetry and also use a range of literary techniques encountered through the different poems, to produce a piece of descriptive writing.

In this unit, pupils explore how poets responded to the horrors of the First World War. They first explore Brooke's 'The Soldier', before looking at McCrae's 'In Flanders Fields' and Naidu's 'The Gift of India'. They finally write a comparative response on perspectives of war and sacrifice.

Comparing poetry from the First World War

Idealistic means unrealistically believing in or pursuing perfection.

Naive means showing a lack of experience, wisdom, or judgement.

Sacrifice means to give up something valued for the sake of other considerations.

Optimism means hopefulness or confidence about the future or the success of something.

Patriotic means having or expressing devotion to and support for one's country.

Being evocative means bringing strong images, memories, or feelings to mind.

To be resolute is to be purposeful, determined, and unwavering.

Immortality means the ability to live forever.

Nurturing means to take care of, to protect, to feed, and to help develop.

Idyllic means extremely happy, peaceful, or picturesque.

Idealised means to regard or represent something as perfect or better than in reality.

Exemplifying means illustrating or clarifying by giving an example.

Conveys means to express feelings, thoughts, or information to other people.

A poppy is a plant with large, delicate flowers that are typically red and have small, black seeds.

Remembrance is the act of remembering the dead.

A call to arms is a call to defend or make ready to fight.

Recruitment is the action of enlisting new people in the armed forces.

Empathy is the ability to understand and share the feelings of another.

Natural imagery is the use of images of animals, landscapes and nature in a poem.

To symbolise means to represent something.

Reassurance is the action of removing someone's doubts or fears.

Consequence is a result or effect, typically one that is unwelcome or unpleasant.

To be resolute is to be determined in character, action, or ideas.

To evoke is to make someone remember something or feel an emotion.

Something poignant creates a sharp feeling of sadness.

Despair means the complete loss or absence of hope.

Colonial refers to a period of political control by a more powerful country over another country.

Activism means the policy or action of using vigorous campaigning to bring about political or social change.

In this context, alien means belonging to a foreign country.

Hollow means without real significance or value.

Fragility means the quality of being delicate or vulnerable.

Inevitable means that something was certain to happen.

Doom means death, destruction, or some other terrible fate.

The attitude of a poem is the way the writer thinks or feels about the subject they are writing about.

The mood of a poem is the emotional undertone.

Being patriotic means showing your love for your country.

Being content means being pleased with your situation and not looking to improve it.

Duty is a moral or legal obligation or responsibility.

A comparative is judging the similarities and differences between one thing and another.

To ruminate is to think deeply about something.

A topic sentence supports the thesis statement while explaining the specific focus of the paragraph.

To romanticise something is to describe in an idealised or unrealistic fashion to make it seem more appealing than it really is.

A conjunction is a word such as ‘while’ or ‘although’ that connects words, phrases, and clauses in a sentence.

Comparing poetry from the First World War

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