Poetry about migration
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Why this why now
This unit uses and builds on pupils' learning around the Windrush generation, which was explored in 'Coming to England: reading'. In this unit, pupils will explore perspectives of Empire Windrush passengers and the optimism they had arriving in Britain. They will develop understanding of different perspectives by exploring the artist's use of structure and language in the two songs. This unit prepares pupils for 'The Empire Windrush: diary writing', where they will build a fuller picture of the historical background and infer possible thoughts, feelings and emotions of passengers.
Prior knowledge requirements
- Ability to critically analyse the perspective an author writes from.
- Ability to decode text fluently at an age-appropriate level.
- Ability to draw upon previous reading and make connections.
- Ability to infer meaning from a text.
- Ability to use strategies to support meaning-making when reading.
Threads
Why this why now
This unit uses and builds on pupils' learning around the Windrush generation, which was explored in 'Coming to England: reading'. In this unit, pupils will explore perspectives of Empire Windrush passengers and the optimism they had arriving in Britain. They will develop understanding of different perspectives by exploring the artist's use of structure and language in the two songs. This unit prepares pupils for 'The Empire Windrush: diary writing', where they will build a fuller picture of the historical background and infer possible thoughts, feelings and emotions of passengers.
Prior knowledge requirements
- Ability to critically analyse the perspective an author writes from.
- Ability to decode text fluently at an age-appropriate level.
- Ability to draw upon previous reading and make connections.
- Ability to infer meaning from a text.
- Ability to use strategies to support meaning-making when reading.
Reading, writing & oracy
Poetry about migration
In this unit, pupils read and respond to two songs by Lord Kitchener, written about his migration to the UK aboard the Empire Windrush. Pupils will explore, compare and contrast the two songs and make connections to their own lives and experiences.
5 lessons in unit
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