1. Starter: What are these symptoms of??? Mania Depression Insomnia Anorexia Stress Obsessive-compulsive disorder Upset stomach Lack of appetite Dizziness Confusion Poetry 11 th January 2011

2. Bob Dylan I see, I see lovers in the meadow I see, I see silhouettes in the window I'll watch them 'til they're gone And they leave me hangin' on To a shadow. I'm sick of love, I hear the clock tick This kind of love, ah, I'm love sick. Sometimes the silence can be like thunder Sometimes I wanna take to the road and plunder Could you ever be true I think of you And I wonder. I'm sick of love, I wish I'd never met you I'm sick of love, I'm tryin' to forget you. Just don't know what to do I'd give anything to Be with you. I'm walkin' through streets that are dead Walkin', walkin' with you in my head My feet are so tired My brain is so wired And the clouds are weepin'. Did I hear someone tell a lie? Did I hear someone's distant cry? I spoke like a child You destroyed me with a smile While I was sleepin'. I'm sick of love that I'm in the thick of it This kind of love, I'm so sick of it. I see, I see lovers in the meadow I see, I see silhouettes in the window I'll watch them 'til they're gone And they leave me hangin' on To a shadow.

3. Symptoms by Sophie Hannah Read the poem individually Underline any words you don’t understand must You must be able to show understanding of a poem through deconstruction should You should be able to analyse the effect of punctuation in the poem could You could evaluate the layers of meaning in the poem

4. Read through again as a class List the symptoms of love listed in the poem and categorise in terms of physical, material, psychological etc. Physical - bodily Material - things Psychological - in the mind ? must You must be able to show understanding of a poem through deconstruction should You should be able to analyse the effect of punctuation in the poem could You could evaluate the layers of meaning in the poem

5. How is punctuation used to structure the poem? must You must be able to show understanding of a poem through deconstruction should You should be able to analyse the effect of punctuation in the poem could You could evaluate the layers of meaning in the poem

6. Effect of Punctuation “a pulse rate for the Guinness book of Records” must You must be able to show understanding of a poem through deconstruction should You should be able to analyse the effect of punctuation in the poem could You could evaluate the layers of meaning in the poem

7. Sophie Hannah uses lots of commas in the poem ‘Symptoms’. The effect this has is… Effect of Punctuation must You must be able to show understanding of a poem through deconstruction should You should be able to analyse the effect of punctuation in the poem could You could evaluate the layers of meaning in the poem

8. How can life be better than it was before? must You must be able to show understanding of a poem through deconstruction should You should be able to analyse the effect of punctuation in the poem could You could evaluate the layers of meaning in the poem