5H2 16 Feb GB and Huascar Medina repeat

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Road map

• reading list
• watching and listening 
• Gwendolyn Brooks & Huascar Medina - repeat
• Pubquiz

Reading list

• before the end of today

W&L

• watch the clip 
• take notes  

www.bbc.com

American football

1. What was the name of the Roman variety of American football? 

2. What was the aim of the Roman sport for Roman armies?

3. Under which emperor was the sport quite popular for this purpose? 

4. What is the name of the Chinese sport from 2500 BC that resembles football and hacky sack?

1. harpastum

2. to train and motivate troups

3. Julius Ceasar

4. cuju

Quick recap

Gwendolyn Brooks

(1917-2000)

First African American to win the Pulitzer Prize in 1950

What is the poem about?

Who are its main characters/where are they/what do they say and why?

What literary features does the poem have?

Think: alliteration, rhyme, metaphor, simile

Huascar Medina 

Born in Texas, lives in Kansas

New American -  2020

What is the poem about?

Who are its main characters/where are they/what do they say and why?

What literary features does the poem have?

Think: tone, rhyme, metaphor, simile

Tone 

The attitude a literary work or its characters take toward its subject, especially in the way that the language is used when discussing this subject. 

Pubquiz

Enjoy your holidays!