Analysing stanzas five and six of 'The Highwayman'
I can analyse and understand the events in stanzas five and six of ‘The Highwayman’.
Analysing stanzas five and six of 'The Highwayman'
I can analyse and understand the events in stanzas five and six of ‘The Highwayman’.
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Key learning points
- Alred Noyes uses figurative language to provide imagery and describe events in stanzas five and six.
- Texts written a long time ago may contain unfamiliar vocabulary.
- Understanding the author's vocabulary choices is essential to understanding the text fully.
- Analysing a text enables readers to understand the events, characters and their actions in greater depth.
Keywords
Narrative poem - a poem that tells a story
Build-up - introduces the storyline for some main characters and begins to set up a problem or situation that will build in tension
Stanza - a part of a poem consisting of two or more lines grouped together
Analyse - to study something in detail to understand its meaning
Common misconception
Pupils may struggle to understand the vocabulary, particularly in stanza six.
Give explicit definitions for any unfamiliar language, using visuals to support the explanations, to help pupils' understanding.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Fill in the gap. 'The Highwayman' is an example of a ...
Q2.Order the events of stanzas one-four:
Q3.Match the poetic devices to their definitions:
comparing two things using 'like' or 'as'
comparing two things by saying that one thing is another
when a word sounds like the sound it is describing
Q4.Which of these is a metaphor?
Q5.Which of the sentences below uses onomatopoeia?
Q6.Which of the sentences below uses a simile?
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Match the key words to their definitions:
a poem that tells a story
introduces the storyline for some main characters and builds tension
a part of a poem consisting of two or more lines grouped together
to study something in detail to understand its meaning
Q2.Match the stanzas with their topics:
the setting
the Highwayman
Bess
Tim
the Highwayman speaking to Bess
the Highwayman leaving
Q3.Match some of the words from stanza five with their definitions:
beautiful
you
no matter what happens
Q4.Match some of the words from stanza six with their definitions:
window
a hot iron or poker
a waterfall
barely