Growing Pains
English Home learning Year 8
Night
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Tasks Week 1 Research
KQ What am I interested in?
CORE TASK
You are going to choose two poems from the internet on the same theme. Make
sure you like the poems. The following websites are useful:
http://www.poemhunter.com/poems/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/poetryseason/
Download these poems and add them to your portfolio
2
EXTENSION TASK
Make sure one or both of your poems were written before the twentieth century
KQ Is there poetry in the library?
CORE TASK
You now need to go to a library to find another poem on the same theme as the
two poems you chose the day before. Your librarian will be able to help you find the
poetry section. Look through the books and find another poem on the same theme
that you also like.
Photocopy this poem and add it to your portfolio.
3
EXTENSION TASK
Try to add a poem by Shakespeare
KQ What images do I think of as I’m reading my poems?
CORE TASK
Create a border around your downloaded and photocopied poems by making
colourful drawings of the key images in the poem.
4
EXTENSION TASK
Look at the following website to make your illustrations look like modern examples
of a medieval manuscript:
http://www.bl.uk/catalogues/illuminatedmanuscripts/TourIntroGen.asp
KQ How is the poem structured?
CORE TASK For each of your poems:
1. Count the number of syllables per line (rhythm)
2. Mark out the rhyme scheme eg. abba cdcd
EXTENSION TASK
Read either the poem The Charge of the Light Brigade by Lord Alfred Tennyson or
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Samuel Coleridge.
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KQ Why do I like these poems?
CORE TASK
For each of your three poems answer the following questions:
1. What is the poem about? (content)
2. How does the poem make you feel? (mood)
3. What is the message of the poem? (theme)
4. Choose your favourite line. Explain why this line has affected you.(analysis)
EXTENSION TASK
Compare each of the poems. Say, in your opinion, which is the best of the poems
and why.
Night
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Tasks Week 2 Creation
KQ How do I plan my own poems?
CORE TASK
All the poems you have chosen last week are linked by a theme. This week you are
going to be writing your own poems around the same theme. Create a mindmap of
possible ideas for your poems. eg. if your theme is football, you might includes
such ideas as stadiums, celebrity wives, overpaid stars, penalty shootouts etc.
2
EXTENSION TASK
Add images and images to your mindmap.
KQ How do I write my own poem?
CORE TASK
Write a poem on your chosen theme. Add it to your portfolio.
3
EXTENSION TASK
Make sure the poem is written in free verse.
KQ How do I write my own poem?
CORE TASK
Write a poem on your chosen theme. Add it to your portfolio.
4
EXTENSION TASK
Make sure the poem is written in ballad form.
KQ How do I write my own poem?
CORE TASK
Write a poem on your chosen theme. Add it to your portfolio.
5
EXTENSION TASK
Write your poem as a sonnet.
KQ How do I write my own poem?
CORE TASK
Write a poem on your chosen theme. Add it to your portfolio.
EXTENSION TASK
Write your poem as a haiku.
Night
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Tasks Week 3 Presentation
KQ What images match my poem?
CORE TASK
Choose one of your poems. Choose approximately 10 images from the internet
that help illustrate parts of your poem.
2
EXTENSION TASK
Take your own photographs.
KQ What music matches the mood of my poem?
CORE TASK
Choose music that matches the mood and tone of your poem.
3
EXTENSION TASK
Try and create your own music on a program such a iGarage.
KQ How do I create a visual representation of my poem?
CORE TASK
If you don’t already have it on your computer, download the program Photostory
from http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=11132.
Add the text of your poem, the images you have collected and the music and make
a Photostory of your poem.
4
EXTENSION TASK
Make a film of your poem using Windows MovieMaker or iMovie and add live clips
that you have filmed yourself.
KQ What is my poem about?
CORE TASK
You are to write a thirty second speech that answers the following questions:
1. What is your poem about? (content)
2. How are you trying to make your readers feel as they hear the poem? (tone)
3. What message are you trying to share? (theme)
5
EXTENSION TASK
4. Explain how you have used rhythm and rhyme to affect your readers.
KQ What do people think about my poem?
CORE TASK
Read your speech and show your poem to your carers/parents. They will need to
sign your planner showing that they have seen your presentation.
EXTENSION TASK
Have your parents write a short comment about how they felt when they saw you
present your poem.