Sounds Of The Day - Revision We are learning to: Consolidate our knowledge of Sounds of The Day through the use of Active Literacy skills.

You are going to design a poster that conveys the knowledge you have gained about Sounds Of The Day this week. You will investigate the poem using Active Literacy strategies. Your poster will contain the following information:

Refer to specific examples to justify your opinion. Prior Knowledge Looking at your knowledge of all the poems you have studied as well as Norman MacCaig’s background – what themes and emotions do you think MacCaig will explore in his other poetry? Refer to specific examples to justify your opinion. 2. Metalinguistics Using word comprehension strategies and reading the words in the context of the poem – comment on the denotations and connotations of each of the words below: Clatter Scraped Plunge Bangle 3. Visualisation Create a visualiser (mind-map) that demonstrates the use of imagery in the poem. List all the images Maccaig creates and explain the connotations of these images. 4. Inference Select 5 quotations from the poem and discuss the “implied” meaning (what the poet tells us without actually saying it!) 5. Main Ideas The main ideas (themes) of this poem are: Pain of loss Select quotations that convey these main ideas and explain how they do so. 6. Summarising and Paraphrasing Sum up the content of the poem in 5 bullet-points. Attempt to use your own language as far as possible! (This is good practice for In Your Own Words Close Reading questions!)