- Year 11
- Eduqas
Planning a response to an unseen poem by collecting and organising your thoughts
I can plan a response to an unseen poem by collecting and then organising my thoughts.
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- Year 11
- Eduqas
Planning a response to an unseen poem by collecting and organising your thoughts
I can plan a response to an unseen poem by collecting and then organising my thoughts.
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Lesson details
Key learning points
- To organise your thoughts chronologically, you might consider what happens at the beginning, middle and end of the poem.
- By organising your thoughts chronologically, you can consider the progression of ideas through the poem.
- To organise your thoughts thematically, you might consider where the distinctions are between your ideas.
- By organising your thoughts thematically, you might consider which ideas have more evidence than others.
Keywords
Chronologically - a way that follows the order in which a series of events happened.
Ambiguity - means unclear or able to be understood in multiple ways.
Organise - to do or arrange something according to a particular system.
Thematically - in a way that relates to the subjects or themes of something.
Common misconception
That there is one correct way of organising your thoughts for a plan.
Creating a plan is designed to help you see what your argument is - there is no definitive way of how you should organise your thoughts.
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You will need a copy of Helen Dunmore’s ‘Next Door’ which is available in the additional materials.
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