Unit 1B: Poetry narrative and non-narrative – Unit 1B focuses on narrative and non-narrative poems. Some poems have been suggested, but by Alfred Noyes is put forward as the main ‘The Highwayman’ poem for study. However, teachers are free to make their own choice of poetry for study. Outline: Unit 1B begins with a focus on the poem and its thematic/narrative/ballad features. This is followed by an in-depth exploration of its linguistic ‘The Highwayman’ and rhetorical devices. The differences between narrative and non-narrative poems are managed through a comparative task. Knowledge/skills: Features of narrative and non-narrative poems; analyse and comment on of literary, rhetorical and grammatical features; reading skills of poets’ manipulation inference and deduction, textual evidence; issues of plot, character and theme; linguistic, stylistic features of diary/blog writing; note-taking; speaking and listening skills of discussion, collaboration, presentation; key sentence structure and punctuation skills. Unit 1B: Poetry narrative and non-narrative – Framework codes Suggested activities 7Ro1, 7Rx2, 7Ri1, 7Rw1, 7Rw2, Getting to know ‘The Highwayman’ 7Rw3, 7Rw4, 7Rw5, 7Rw7, 7Rv2, Read asking learners to join in the refrain. ‘The Highwayman’, 7Rv3, 7Wo2, 7Wa2, 7Wa6, 7Wa7, In groups, learners prepare choral readings of the poem. 7Wa8, 7Wt1, 7Wp1, 7Wp2, 7Wp3, In pairs, learners study illustrations of the poem and outline the story of the poem on a storyboard with six frames or 7Wp4, 7Wp5, 7Wp7, 7Ws1, 7SL1, using sticky notes. Stick these on the wall. Clarify the story and address any misconceptions. Ask learners to put 7SL2, 7SL4, 7SL5, 7SL6, 7SL7, forward words/phrases they do not understand. Alternatively, ask them to write these on sticky notes and hand in; 7SL8 clarify these later.
Unit 1B: Poetry – narrative and non-narrative Unit 1B focuses on narrative and non-narrative poems. Some poems have been suggested, but ‘The Highwayman’ by Alfred Noyes is put forward as the main poem for study. However, teachers are free to make their own choice of poetry for study. Outline: Unit 1B begins with a focus on the poem ‘The Highwayman’ and its thematic/narrative/ballad features. This is followed by an in-depth exploration of its linguistic and rhetorical devices. The differences between narrative and non-narrative poems are managed through a comparative task. Knowledge/skills: Features of narrative and non-narrative poems; analyse and comment on poets’ manipulation of literary, rhetorical and grammatical features; reading skills of inference and deduction, textual evidence; issues of plot, character and theme; linguistic, stylistic features of diary/blog writing; note-taking; speaking and listening skills of discussion, collaboration, presentation; key sentence structure and punctuation skills. Unit 1B: Poetry – narrative and non-narrative Framework codes Suggested activities 7Ro1, 7Rx2, 7Ri1, 7Rw1, 7Rw2, 7Rw3, 7Rw4, 7Rw5, 7Rw7, 7Rv2, 7Rv3, 7Wo2, 7Wa2, 7Wa6, 7Wa7, 7Wa8, 7Wt1, 7Wp1, 7Wp2, 7Wp3, 7Wp4, 7Wp5, 7Wp7, 7Ws1, 7SL1, 7SL2, 7SL4, 7SL5, 7SL6, 7SL7, 7SL8 Getting to know ‘The Highwayman’ Read ‘The Highwayman’, asking learners to join in the refrain. In groups, learners prepare choral readings of the poem. In pairs, learners study illustrations of the poem and outline the story of the poem on a storyboard with six frames or using sticky notes. Stick these on the wall. Clarify the story and address any misconceptions. Ask learners to put forward words/phrases they do not understand. Alternatively, ask them to write these on sticky notes and hand in; clarify these later.
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