1. What impressions do you get of these pictures?
What differences do you notice? What does this tell you about the lives of the people in each place?
What impressions do you get of these pictures?

2. Reading of the poem Exploring the structure of Living Space:
What are your impressions of the characters lives in the poem?
Explain why? Justify your point of view
Exploring the structure of Living Space:
How does the poem look on the page?
What do you notice about the verse sizes?
What happens in the middle of the poem?
Is this significant?
Why?
Using this question ‘How does Dharker structure Living Space and what feeling does this create’ analyse the poems structure
Remember to –
Link to the question
Quote
Explain the meaning of the structure
Explore the effect of the structure
Zoom in on one element of the structure
Exploring the language in Living Space:
Select 4 – 5 images from the poem which stand out to you. Annotate what they make you think and why?
As we feedback a couple of ideas from each table – add the annotated notes to your copy of the poem
What emotions do you think are in the poem?
In 20 words explain the meaning of the poem – summarise what the main ideas are in the poem

3. Living Space context – how can you link this information to the poem?
Born in Pakistan and brought up in Scotland
Is a poet, artist and documentary film-maker who divides her time between London and India
This mixed heritage and itinerant (travelling) lifestyle is at the heart of her writing
The fragility of homes in Mumbai, India becomes a wider metaphor for unstable personal and communal identities
She wants to challenge what she sees in the world through poetry
She wants to raise awareness of issues
Slums are intimately described to show that this is not an acceptable way for people to have to live
Danger is ever present in these slums
Joy and courage is shown through the way people strive to better their life chances
Poverty is prevalent