Comparing ideas of nostalgia in the Edexcel Belonging anthology
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can compare how poets present their nostalgic memories of childhood.
Key learning points
- Poems can be linked by theme e.g. nostalgia.
- Poems can be linked by attitude, considering how the poets feel about the subject they are addressing.
- Poems can be connected by how poets use similar imagery or techniques to address different issues.
- Correlative and comparative conjunctions are useful for signposting the similarities and differences between poems.
Keywords
Nostalgia - a feeling of pleasure and also slight sadness when you think about things that happened in the past
Subtle - not obvious; requiring careful attention to notice or understand
Tenuous - weak, unimportant or in doubt
Melancholic - expressing feelings of sadness
Belonging - a feeling of being happy or comfortable as part of a particular group
Common misconception
Thinking that every poem in the anthology is equally suitable for every potential question.
While there are common links between the poems, some have more tenuous connections than others.
Teacher tip
It would be useful to recap Bridges' 'Clear and Gentle Stream', Hood's 'I Remember, I Remember' and Landon's 'Captain Cook (To My Brother)' before this lesson.
Equipment
You will need access to a copy of the Edexcel Belonging anthology for this lesson.
Content guidance
Depiction or discussion of sensitive content
Supervision
Adult supervision recommended
Licence
Lesson video
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Which of the following is an accurate summary of Wordsworth's 'To My Sister'?
Q2.Which of the following is an accurate summary of Bridges' 'Clear and Gentle Stream'?
Q3.'A feeling of being happy or comfortable as part of a particular group' is the definition of .
Q4.Complete this quotation from Landon's 'Captain Cook (To My Brother)': "leaving childhood, life's land behind".
Q5.Complete the following quotation from Hood's 'I Remember, I Remember': "My spirit flew in then".
Q6.'A feeling of pleasure and also slight sadness when you think about things that happened in the past' is the definition of .
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Which of the following examples uses a comparative conjunction?
Q2.'Weak, unimportant, or in doubt' is the definition of .
Q3.Which of the following poems has a tenuous link to the theme of nostalgia?
Q4.'Not obvious; requiring careful attention to notice or understand' is the definition of .
Q5.The sentence: 'Neither Hood nor Landon present the present day in a positive way' uses ...
Q6.Arguably, both Landon and Hood present the loss of __________ in their poems 'Clear and Gentle Stream' and 'I Remember, I Remember'.
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