Poetry lesson 9 human interest

1. Your homework was to use SMILE to annotate your poem. Work with the people on your table to discuss and add to your annotations… Add any additional ideas and seek help. Starter 10 minutes

2. Poetry L.O: To analyse and annotate Human Interest. To make links with The Tempest Monday, 10th March 2014

3. Highlight key words and phrases What you are looking for: Emotional Language. Words that link to power, control or losing control.

4. Group discussion - On your tables Read the poem aloud twice. As the poem is being read. Imagine that the voice of the poem is talking to you directly. As you listen consider the following questions. What is the most interesting thing the voice of the poem says? Why is this interesting to you? What would you say back to the voice in the poem in response to this idea? Name another person or group of people who you think would appreciate listening or talking to the voice in this poem?

5. Poems speaking to the play Imagine the voice in this poem could speak to Shakespeare after watching a performance of the play. What would the voice in the poem and Shakespeare talk about? What would the voice in the poem and Shakespeare say to each other?

6. Making links Use the information from your group discussions to write about how the poem could link with the theme of power and control in The Tempest. 15 minutes

7. Review Peer assessment – swap your work and mark with…