Welcome young einstein! Today we will: - understand the Literature exam’s requirements -know how to approach an UNSEEN poem…

English literature Exam 1- 1hr 15 mins 35%Exam 2-: 1hr 15 mins 40% Anthology poems about conflict a. Poetry cluster from anthology- 23% 45 mins Comparing two poems b. Response to unseen poem- 12% 30 mins Answer a question on an unseen poem An inspector calls; of Mice & Men a. answer one question from a choice of two on each set text- 20% b. Candidates answer one question with two parts a- respond to a passage from the text. b- link the passage to the whole text.

Response to unseen poem You will be given a poem that you have NOT studied, and for 30 minutes answer a question on it. It is just over 10% of your whole GCSE so it isn’t the end of the world if you perform slightly lower than you would with a poem that you know. The examiner is looking for evidence in your answer that you can: -decode the events of the poem and give your own interpretation of characters and events. - locate aspect of language and comment upon it -comment on structural features of the poem -explore what the possible meaning behind the poem is

In this unit candidates will learn how to make an informed personal response to one poem. you will be expected to identify and comment on: Ideas and themes of the poem Form and structure Language devices Imagery in any poem

Cold Knap Lake We once watched a crowd pull a drowned child from the lake. Blue-lipped and dressed in water's long green silk she lay for dead. Then kneeling on the earth, a heroine, her red head bowed, her wartime cotton frock soaked, my mother gave a stranger's child her breath. The crowd stood silent, drawn by the dread of it. The child breathed, bleating and rosy in my mother's hands. My father took her home to a poor house and watched her thrashed for almost drowning. Was I there? Or is that troubled surface something else shadowy under the dipped fingers of willows where satiny mud blooms in cloudiness after the treading, heavy webs of swans as their wings beat and whistle on the air? All lost things lie under closing water in that lake with the poor man's daughter.

imagery Poets use imagery to characterise-so we gain a particular impression of the character. It often reflects or symbolises something.

Find examples of these types of imagery/symbolism from the poem. Religious symbolism Colour symbolism Memory symbolism

30 minute question How does Clarke present a significant memory from her childhood in Cold Knap lake?

30 minute question How does Weir present a mother’s experiences and feelings about her son going to war? Discuss the methods Weir uses within this poem.

Unseen poetry Practising PEE responses Understand the format of an unseen poetry essay

First 5 minutes Read the poem to understand it and its content, after highlighting the question focus-what they want to to write about in your essay. Now, locate- Ideas about….

Using the point, evidence, elaborate method The mother is obviously still attached to her son, even with him now being a young adult;‘steeled the softening of my face’ suggests that she is attempting to hide her deep affection for her son. She uses listing to describe how she found it hard to speak to her son on him going to war; ‘All my words flattened, rolled, turned into felt,slowly melting’; this could portray how…..

Words to elaborate… Describes Suggests Reflects Shows Implies Could mean

Essay format Opening paragraph Comment on and introduce some devices the poet has used. Main body Elaborate the impact that the following have in presenting this memory: -language -imagery -structure Conclusion Show you appreciation of the poem! What do you think is the moral, message or purpose of this poem?

Ideas and themes Form (type of poem) and structure Language devices Imagery