Year 7 Poetry Homework Project
These tasks are designed to support your learning and progression while studying the
Year 7 poetry unit. The tasks will support your development of skills and ideas ready
for further study of poetry in Key Stages 3 and 4. The project is designed to be
completed in two and a half weeks. There are three tasks.
So far, you have learnt about one Romantic poet: John Keats. You are going to study
another Romantic poet and one of his poems.
1.
Research William Wordsworth. Find out about the dates of his life, his place of
birth, what his life was like, the names of some of his poems and what happened
to him. Write this information up as a fact file sheet for Year 5 pupils.
2.
Read the following poem Write down what you think the poem is about overall.
Select two quotes and write a PEE paragraph for each explaining your ideas.
I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud by William Wordsworth
I wandered lonely as a cloud
That floats on high o'er vales and hills,
When all at once I saw a crowd,
A host, of golden daffodils;
Beside the lake, beneath the trees,
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.
Continuous as the stars that shine
And twinkle on the milky way,
They stretched in never-ending line
Along the margin of a bay:
Ten thousand saw I at a glance,
Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.
Useful vocabulary:
o’er
=
jocund =
oft
=
pensive =
over
cheerful/light-hearted
often
thoughtful
The waves beside them danced; but they
Out-did the sparkling waves in glee:
A poet could not but be gay,
In such a jocund company:
I gazed--and gazed--but little thought
What wealth the show to me had brought:
For oft, when on my couch I lie
In vacant or in pensive mood,
They flash upon that inward eye
Which is the bliss of solitude;
And then my heart with pleasure fills,
And dances with the daffodils.
PTO à
3.
Many Romantic poets wrote about nature and our relationship with it. Think of a
moment when you were affected by nature, perhaps because of something you
saw or felt. Write a description or poem about that moment describing it in as
much detail as possible and using descriptive techniques such as your senses.