Another post trying to help students to engage with unseen poetry. This is aimed predominantly at GCSE students but could be used in the L6th to begin to explore the use of SCASI before tackling longer prose extracts. https://www.loom.com/share/d673e01028ea4ed5bf765458c236fcc3 https://www.loom.com/share/d673e01028ea4ed5bf765458c236fcc3 …
Tag: Stephen Spender
Unseen poetry boost: Spender, My Parents
My Parents BY STEPHEN SPENDER My parents kept me from children who were rough Who threw words like stones and wore torn clothes Their thighs showed through rags they ran in the street And climbed cliffs and stripped by the country …
Unseen Booster: My Parents. Stephen Spender
A 25 minute booster session as breakfast club on MS Teams for two of my Y11s. This considers an approach to Spender's poem for Edexcel IGCSE Elit - the unseen poem. I have left in the 10 minute silent prep …
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