Class Learning Log
Experience Outcome: The Raven through light and dark poetry performance
The activities below are optional but have been set to guide you on how you could develop
your knowledge further across the curriculum.
The end of our experience will be: Friday 10th February
We are looking at the artist Vermeer, who used light
and dark in his paintings. Can you either:
a) paint/ draw a portrait of yourself or someone
else, using Vermeer’s technique of a dark
background with a clear beam of light
highlighting the person’s face or…
b) Write a story about the ‘Girl with the Pearl
Earring’ (his most famous painting). Who do you
think she is?
We have been learning about Ravens, which you’re
unlikely to see in your garden, but you may see
many other types of birds! Take part in the RSPB’s
Big Garden Birdwatch on 28-30 January, https://
ww2.rspb.org.uk/get-involved/activities/birdwatch
and record which birds you see.
You could do it in a park if you’ve not got a garden!
You’ll be helping to conserve British wildlife, as well
as doing your homework!
Make a periscope!
These are used to look at things which are higher up than
you are, e.g. by submarines to look above the sea. You
could use the template and instructions provided here:
http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/educators/
classroom-resources/activities/360_degree_periscope or
make one your own way.
Can you explain, using your knowledge of light and
mirrors, how the periscope works?
Edgar Allen Poe, whose poem - The Raven - we are
studying, used a lot of repetition in his poems, for example
the bells in this one: https://www.poets.org/poetsorg/
poem/bells
Can you write your own poem using repetition to eerie
effect?