1. 1.To develop an understanding of the poem 2.To develop awareness of how contrast is used in poetry. Key Skills Key Skills: Communication Working with others Improving own learning and performance

2.  Born: 1878, London, Welsh parents  Oxford University  Journalist  Enlisted: 1914  Died: 1917 – Arras battlefield

3. As the Team’s Head Brass This refers to the horse brasses on a team of horses, pulling a plough.

4. Fallow Charlock Furrow Clods Bough Briefly explain what happens in this poem. Branch lumps of earth a field left uncultivated for a year a yellow flowered weed a narrow trench left by a plough Match up these words to their meanings:

5.  Highlight all the words with agricultural/natural associations.  Highlight all the parts of the poem that refer to the war.  Group work – Discuss whether or not this is a war poem.

6.  What do you think is the message of this poem? – Life goes on during the war – Events in France effect what happens in rural Britain – The catastrophic events of the war are reflected in nature.  How effectively does this poem convey this?

7.  In the men’s conversation we find out that two important events have occurred on the same night. – What are they? – What is the significance of this? What is the rhyme scheme of this poem? Why do you think the poet used this scheme? Clue: it’s a conversation