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This lesson contains 14 slides, with interactive quizzes, text slides and 1 video.

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Poetry Reader - Yeats

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Important
Poetry project:
- 10 March = Assignment 2: Write a poem -  see page 39
- 16 March = Assignment 1: Opinion piece - see page 39
- TW3 = Oral exam related to poetry reader in groups 
- Poetry reader needs to be complete

! We will not do pages 34 t/m 38 from the reader !

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You have done several tasks so far,
what do you remember from last week's poems?

Slide 4 - Open question

Today's Lesson
Sign up for your oral exam please!

Learn about:
William Butler Yeats

Analyse:
On being asked for a War Poem

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William Butler Yeats
Born in Dublin, Ireland, on June 13 1865

He is considered one of the greatest poets 
and has won the Nobel Prize in 1923

You will watch a video of a celebration in honor of Yeats

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Slide 7 - Link

On being asked for a War Poem
Page 30

You will listen to and read along with the poem: 
On being asked for a War Poem by William Butler Yeats

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Slide 9 - Video

What is the structure of the poem and the rhyme scheme?
(check the glossary)
timer
3:00

Slide 10 - Open question

Find the simile in the poem
timer
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Slide 11 - Open question

What do you think of Yeats deciding to not write about the war?
timer
1:00

Slide 12 - Open question

Preparation for tomorrow
Tomorrow you will write a poem in class

The topic is: Conflict

It needs to have at least five style figures
Check the glossary list to decide which to use

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Finished!
You have finished today's lesson.

You worked on the Poetry Project
You have worked on the tasks 
and prepared for the tests by doing so

Well done!

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